SHRM 2004-2005 Workplace Forecast: A Strategic Outlook (SHRM Surveys series)

Human resource managers will find the crucial information they need to make intelligent workforce decisions in these studies that include detailed statistical data, forecasts, and trend research on a variety of topics including employer benefits, intergenerational workforces, healthcare costs, and retirement investment plans.The future of the workplace is explored in this comprehensive survey of the opinions of a wide array of human resource professionals. Conclusions are based on 10-year projections of trends in demographics, economics, employment, geopolitics, culture, and science, and are bolstered by information gathered through environmental scanning, extensive reviews of human resource literature, and the Society for Human Resource Management's specialized workplace trends and forecasting program.