Through a mix of theoretical insights and practical case studies, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of how hybrid working and AI are shaping the future of organizations.
The Covid-19 pandemic revolutionized the workplace, pushing organizations to rapidly adopt remote and hybrid working models. As we emerge from the lockdown, hybrid working has become a permanent fixture in many industries. However, the shift has created uncertainty for both employees and employers. While many workers demand flexible working conditions, organizations are grappling with how to maintain collaboration, innovation, and organizational cohesion in a more fragmented environment. This book explores these dynamics, focusing on the ongoing challenges and opportunities brought about by hybrid work arrangements.The rise of AI introduces a second layer of complexity to the workplace. With the potential to transform job roles, workflows, and even decision-making processes, AI presents both opportunities and risks. This volume brings together experts in organizational development to examine how AI is reshaping the future of work. Contributors will discuss how these changes are impacting career trajectories, employee engagement, and the traditional structures of organizational development.Through a mix of theoretical insights and practical case studies, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of how hybrid working and AI are shaping the future of organizations. Providing valuable insights into navigating these transformative shifts, this volume will be of great interest to researchers, academics, practitioners, and those interested in the evolving world of work.
Section 1: Post-Covid world of work
1. Artificial Intelligence in
Planned Processes of Organizational Change: Contingent Situations and
Alternative Futures
2. Artificial intelligence and organisational change: a
social complexity perspective
3. Learning whats real through
practice-enhancing management education
4. Agiles impact on public
organisations way of working Section 2: AI challenges and opportunities
5.
Strategic change initiatives at John Lewis Partnership
6. AI-Professional
Hybrid in Professional Service Firms: Fear, Hope and the Rise of New
Professional Roles
7. Jurisdictions in Jeopardy Professionals Between
Hybrid Work and Generative AI
8. Leveraging Human-AI conjoint agency for
innovation process management/new product development Section 3: AI
challenges and the future of OD
9. Building Resilience in organisations
through Hybrid Work Model
10. Artificial Intelligence in Hybrid Work: Between
the Architects of Efficiency and the Shadows of Intelligence
11. The Great
Reshaping of Organisations and Leadership
12. Gaining the CEOs buy-in
13.
The critical role of management coaching
14. Future critical considerations
for OD
15. What is the Future of Organization Development in the New
AI-Enabled World of Work?
Julian Randall is an honorary professor at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK.
Bernard Burnes is Professor Emeritus of Organisational Change at Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK.
