Workplace of the Future

<p>The Fourth Industrial Revolution is a global development that shows no signs of slowing down. In his book <i>The Workplace of the Future: The Fourth Industrial Revolution the Precariat and the Death of Hierarchies</i> Jon-Arild Johannessen sets a chilling vision of how robots and artificial intelligence will completely disrupt and transform working life. </p><p></p><p>The author contests that once the dust has settled from the Fourth Industrial Revolution workplaces and professions will be unrecognizable and we will see the rise of a new social class: the precariat. We will live side by side with the 'working poor' – people who have several jobs but still can’t make ends meet. There will be a small salaried elite consisting of innovation and knowledge workers. Slightly further into the future there will be a major transformation in professional environments. Johannessen also presents a typology for the precariat the uncertain work that is created and develops a framework for the working poor as well as for future innovation and knowledge workers and sets out a new structure for the social hierarchy.</p><p></p><p>A fascinating and thought-provoking insight into the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution <i>The Workplace of the Future</i> will be of interest to professionals and academics alike. The book is particularly suited to academic courses in management economy political science and social sciences.</p>