How we work is set to change rapidly thanks to technologies like AI, automation, robotics and the Internet of Things.
It will mean new skills, new jobs and even new industries are needed, plus an understanding of the implications of this change for society as a whole. Questions around the ethics of data and AI biases, and whether a robot tax is needed to help those replaced by automation are being answered, while the sharing economy is changing our relationship to work.
WBS leads the University's Productivity and Future of Work Global Research Priority (GRP) and is at the vanguard of this developing area, exploring the ethics, technologies and structures that are evolving and will impact every organisation.
On the back of BT announcing it will make sure 25 per cent of its workforce are from non-white backgrounds by 2030, Marianna Fotaki lists the advantages of having a diverse staff.
Disabled workers have been touted as beneficiaries of WFH, but Kim Hoque warns it is no quick fix for the disadvantages they face and greater action is required.
Nicola Burgess has spent her career researching and reading about operations management. She picks the essential reads for those looking to excel in the area.
Mairead Brady argues now is the time for marketers to re-assess their strategy as restrictions ease and a new post-pandemic normal begins.
Warwick Business School is to be part of a £1.8 million project investigating new policies that will help UK workers left behind by new automation technologies.
Robots could be taught to recognise human emotions from our movements, a new study shows.
Crowd sizes could be estimated more quickly and accurately by using social media platform Instagram, scientists have found.
Employers who want to attract more job applicants – particularly younger ones – should talk about their work-life balance policies when recruiting.
A post-pandemic increase in working from home will not yield greater benefits for disabled workers or reduce the disability employment gap, researchers at Warwick Business School and Bayes Business School found.
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