The Four-Day Workweek

This is a book for forward thinking professionals and managers who understand that work-life balance is the secret sauce not only for organizational success, but also to greater productivity and satisfaction in their careers and those of the people they manage.

Robert Grosse is Professor of Business Administration at Thunderbird School of Global Management, USA, and a former President of the Academy of International Business. He was the founding Director of Standard Bank Group's (South Africa) Global Leadership Centre and served as Dean of the School of Business Administration at American University of Sharjah, as well as the Director (Dean) of the EGADE Business School at Monterrey Tec in Mexico.

1. Introduction 2. Quality of Life 3. Motivation and Productivity 4. What Will People Do with More Time Free from Work? 5. Compensation 6. Man vs. Machine - Job Losses with Technology Advances 7. Logistics - How Can It Be Done? 8. Some History on Length of the Workweek 9. The Future of Work 10. This Won't Work 11. Conclusions