How will companies in 10 years?

The technology will advance and workplaces will be very different in 2018 about how they are now. That is the prediction made by a group of experts assembled by the Human Resources Management Worforce portal that also give a warning for companies to begin to take note.

The conclusions of this expert panel are dominated by the feeling that the job will be temporary and "village" for teams still more mobile and flexible.

They believe that the figure of "freelance" win integers. Furthermore, with regard to management style, say that social networks will change the "command and control" style prevailing in favor based on collaboration and teamwork.



Participants in this panel include amounts in human resources experts from companies such as Yahoo, Ernst & Young, Infosys Technologies and SAP. Furthermore, had the expert opinion of the American academic world.

One of the predictions in which almost everyone agreed it was about the explosion of social networking and other collaborative technologies such as wikis (web pages can be edited by many volunteers).

In fact, "collaboration" and relationships are two words that are going to sound in the workplace over the next two decades. Of course, these places will be increasingly physically and geographically distant, but very close and connected technologically.

Adaptive structure

The structure of the work will be more "adaptive," with more informal managers. In addition, the use of virtual teams will grow, with many people communicate via video, email and text messages, as submitted by the representative of Infosys in the panel.
In fact, the work seeing the faces of peers could be in danger of extinction, as face to face contacts will be increasingly scarce.

"Our communication is so dependent on email or SMS," says Nandita Gurjar, Infosys, in the journal Worforce Management "that no one will talk on the phone anymore."

Participating experts showed differing views on what effect the arrival of Generation Y or employees of the "millennium" (those born in the years 80) to work. Some predict that will contribute to the boundaries between private life and working life are diluted. Others, however, anticipate that the presence of this group have a large effect and talented people will continue to work hard and prosper in organizations.

Business Travel

There was also some disagreement over the number of business trips to be made by 2018. John Haggerty, Cornell University, says that will be made less. By contrast, other participants predict that companies will demand managers with a more global experience, so you are going to have to travel far from their country of origin.

Where there was unanimity that itself is increasingly moving to put more emphasis on ethical leadership and corporate responsibility. In 2018 this will be reflected in increased training and recruitment that is made will take into account both aspects significantly. Indeed, the recruitment process will become more virtual and for that very reason, also be global.

The SAP representative insisted that there will be a transition from a leadership based on order and control to styles that prevail in collaboration and dialogue. Therefore, organizations are going to be forced to think differently about the kind of leadership they need, and about the capabilities that they should have.

The benefits that employees have a few years, this panel of experts said that will be more creative and personalized, and that would include the care of dependent people or pets, among other things unthinkable today.

All participants agreed in pointing out that Human Resources will play a greater role than at present. In this regard, the representative of Ernst & Young predicted that the term "Human Resources" disappear, and suggested names like "personal" or "employee relations."