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Affiliation in the Workplace Value Creation in the New Organization

By Ron Elsdon

ISBN: 1-56720-436-8

ISBN-13: 978-1-56720-436-0

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280 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 10/30/2002

List Price: $62.95 (UK Sterling Price: £43.95)

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Academics will find the book's rich examples and practical outlook helpful to gain a very micro-oriented perspective. The author's observations may also stimulate ideas for research.
—Journal of Asian Economics January 2005
Affiliation In the Workplace provides some hope for the practitioner charged with moving an organization toward enhancement and away from disenhancement....Elsdon builds a series of equations that allows him to map the relationships between organizational value creation, individual fulfillment, leadership's ability to create a sense of individual fulfillment, and the length of time an employee intends to remain with the organization.
—Journal of Diversity Praxis Summer 2004
A refreshing perspective for anyone interested in the application of career development in business and industry.
—Harvard Business School July 2004

Description: This book draws on studies that quantify the link between individual development and organizational value creation. Strengthening this link is key to building a strong sense of affiliation and a more productive workforce. The author provides frameworks for characterizing the workforce, listening to the organization, using inclusion as a key differentiator, and applying mathematical modeling techniques to explore and quantify related areas.

This book draws on studies that quantify the link between individual development and organizational value creation. Strengthening this link is key to building a strong sense of affiliation and a more productive workforce. The author provides frameworks for characterizing the workforce, listening to the organization, using inclusion as a key differentiator, and applying mathematical modeling techniques to explore and quantify related areas.

We are entering an era when it makes sense to move away from mere retention strategies of control and toward more mutually beneficial strategies of affiliation. This trend can be traced to the recognition of the knowledge worker's influence and the value of human capital in today's economy. To succeed in this emerging work world, organizational leaders and human resource professionals must create new relationships with individuals built around the concept of affiliation. This will mean changed roles and behaviors that respect mutual interests, and will require a culture of inclusion expressed internally through workforce diversity, externally through workforce partnerships, at a community level through philanthropy, and globally through the pursuit of a greater good.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Framing the Environment and Issues
The Central Dilemma
The Emerging World of Work
The Organization of the Future: Value Creation
Listening to the Organization
Creating Models of the Future Workforce
Creating Models of the Future Workforce: Rationale and Linkages
The Imprint of the Organization in the Past, Present, and Future: Modeling Frameworks
Case Study: Creating Value and Enhancing Affiliation through Employee Development
Developing a Path Forward
A Conversation with Leaders and HR about Affiliation
Bridging from the Organization of Today to the Organization of the Future
Partnerships for a Better Future
Awakening the Music
Appendix: Questionnaire to Gather Input Across Organizations
Nomenclature
References
Index

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