Workforce
January, 1998
pgs (46 - 60)

HR 2008 (10 Years from now)

HR Predictions for the year 2008

Panelists were asked to make their predictions in six areas. 

In the area of "Definition of Jobs", they had the following 10 predictions:

1.   Organizations won't pay for the value of the job but for the value of the person.

2.   Versatility will be the key factor in determining employee value with strategic
      thinking, leadership, problem solving, technology and people skills close behind.

3.   Compensation systems will be linked to business outcomes.

4.   All jobs will require higher levels of computer skills.

5.   Positions will be organized in teams focused on a task, not organized around
      a hierarchy.

6.   Positions will be drfined by the competencies needed to be performed.

7.   Employees will be more independent, moving from project to project within
      their organizations.

8.   Many jobs will be redesigned to be much broader in scope, especially in
      management positions, resulting in leaner head counts.

9.   Employees will be increasingly measured by how much value they contribute
      to the business, not by whether they fulfilled predetermined objectives.

10. Work will be more challenging, and jobs will become increasingly complex.