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Free agent nation : the future of working for yourself / Daniel H. Pink.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Warner Books, 2002.Description: 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780446525237
  • 0446525235
  • 9780446678797
  • 0446678791
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.25
LOC classification:
  • HD 8037 P655f 2002
Contents:
PART ONE -- WELCOME TO FREE AGENT NATION -- CHAPTER 1. Bye, Bye, Organization Guy 9 -- CHAPTER 2. How Many Are There? -- The Numbers and Nuances of Free Agency 27 -- CHAPTER 3. How Did It Happen? -- The Four Ingredients of Free Agency 47 -- PART TWO -- THE FREE AGENT WAY -- CHAPTER 4. The New Work Ethic 59 -- CHAPTER 5. The New Employment Contract 85 -- CHAPTER 6. The New Time Clock 103 -- PART THREE -- HOW (AND WHY) FREE AGENCY WORKS -- CHAPTER 7. Small Groups, Big Impact: Reinventing Togetherness in Free Agent Nation 123 -- CHAPTER 8. Getting Horizontal: The Free Agent Org Chart and Operating System 143 -- CHAPTER 9. The Free Agent Infrastructure 161 -- CHAPTER 10. Matchmakers, Agents, and Coaches 171 -- CHAPTER 11. Free Agent Families 183 -- PART FOUR -- FREE AGENT WOES -- CHAPTER 12. Roadblocks on Free Agent Avenue: Health Insurance, Taxes, and Zoning 199 -- CHAPTER 13. Temp Slaves, Permatemps, and the Rise of Self-Organized Labor 213 -- PART FIVE -- THE FREE AGENT FUTURE -- CHAPTER 14. E-tirement: -- Free Agency and the New Old Age 233 -- CHAPTER 15. School's Out: Free Agency and the Future of Education 243 -- CHAPTER 16. Location, Location. Vocation: -- Free Agency and the Future of Offices, Homes, and Real Estate 261 -- CHAPTER 17. Putting the "I" in IPO: -- The Path Toward Free Agent Finance 271 -- CHAPTER 18. A Chip Off the Old Voting Bloc: The New Politics of Free Agency 287 -- CHAPTER 19. What's Left: -- Free Agency and the Future of Commerce, Careers, and Community 301 -- EPILOGUE 313 -- THE OFFICIAL FREE AGENT NATION RESOURCE GUIDE 315 -- NOTES 347 -- APPENDIX: RESULTS OF THE FREE AGENT NATION -- ONLINE CENSUS. 369 -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 375 -- INDEX 377.
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New for this edition: 31-page resource guide.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART ONE -- WELCOME TO FREE AGENT NATION -- CHAPTER 1. Bye, Bye, Organization Guy 9 -- CHAPTER 2. How Many Are There? -- The Numbers and Nuances of Free Agency 27 -- CHAPTER 3. How Did It Happen? -- The Four Ingredients of Free Agency 47 -- PART TWO -- THE FREE AGENT WAY -- CHAPTER 4. The New Work Ethic 59 -- CHAPTER 5. The New Employment Contract 85 -- CHAPTER 6. The New Time Clock 103 -- PART THREE -- HOW (AND WHY) FREE AGENCY WORKS -- CHAPTER 7. Small Groups, Big Impact: Reinventing Togetherness in Free Agent Nation 123 -- CHAPTER 8. Getting Horizontal: The Free Agent Org Chart and Operating System 143 -- CHAPTER 9. The Free Agent Infrastructure 161 -- CHAPTER 10. Matchmakers, Agents, and Coaches 171 -- CHAPTER 11. Free Agent Families 183 -- PART FOUR -- FREE AGENT WOES -- CHAPTER 12. Roadblocks on Free Agent Avenue: Health Insurance, Taxes, and Zoning 199 -- CHAPTER 13. Temp Slaves, Permatemps, and the Rise of Self-Organized Labor 213 -- PART FIVE -- THE FREE AGENT FUTURE -- CHAPTER 14. E-tirement: -- Free Agency and the New Old Age 233 -- CHAPTER 15. School's Out: Free Agency and the Future of Education 243 -- CHAPTER 16. Location, Location. Vocation: -- Free Agency and the Future of Offices, Homes, and Real Estate 261 -- CHAPTER 17. Putting the "I" in IPO: -- The Path Toward Free Agent Finance 271 -- CHAPTER 18. A Chip Off the Old Voting Bloc: The New Politics of Free Agency 287 -- CHAPTER 19. What's Left: -- Free Agency and the Future of Commerce, Careers, and Community 301 -- EPILOGUE 313 -- THE OFFICIAL FREE AGENT NATION RESOURCE GUIDE 315 -- NOTES 347 -- APPENDIX: RESULTS OF THE FREE AGENT NATION -- ONLINE CENSUS. 369 -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 375 -- INDEX 377.

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