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Developing an overall strategy for managing and integrating work

Developing an overall strategy for managing and integrating work

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Developing an overall strategy for managing and integrating work

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- More and more workers are operating outside the traditional confines of regular, full time employment. They may be free agents or elancers, that is freelancers in the digital world who work for themselves. Or they may be employees of an organization your firm is allied with. Employees of an outsourcing or temporary help firm or even volunteers. Last year, almost 18 million people worked as non-standard employees for 15 hours or more a week. Software maker Intuit estimates that 40% of the American workforce will be non-standard employees by 2020. It's already happening now in a number of industries. For example, 90% of the hands-on crew in an off-shore oil exploration project work for contractors. On any given day, experts estimate as many as 20% of American workers may be non-standard employees. Large scale hiring of non-standard employees offers rewards as well as risks. In terms of the kinds of work available, it's not just low level clerical tasks. It's also managerial and…

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