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The Work Alignment Framework provides a visual graphic
of the movement from established vertical structures to
evolving interactive processes. It also illustrates the
flow and major sections of this book.
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Work Alignment for

Realizing the Promise of Work

Work Alignment for Realizing the Promise of Work – for work of lasting value – is a culmination of McFletcher’s work with client projects since 1974. Work Alignment addresses the human need to achieve fulfillment in work activities as well as the work environment's need for performance and society’s need for products and services of lasting value.

From the perspective of an organization responding to the demands of customers and stakeholders and drawing upon supplier resources, being in alignment means the various parts working collaboratively to reinforce each other’s contributions that meets a common purpose and produces positive results for all.

Aligned work occurs when people, the work they do,the environment within which they work and those whom they serve – in relationship to each other – fulfill a shared purpose in a principled and productive manner.

Dialog-Based Realizing the Promise of Work Book

As the winds of change sweep over places of work around the world, we authors feel an urgency to share where, when and how to use Work Alignment as both a strategy and a series of processes to link work environments and their people together in a collaborative exploration of the positive possibilities in today’s emerging workplace.

The Work Alignment Framework for Realizing the Promise of Work, illustrated to the left, provides a visual view of the relationships necessary for obtaining aligned work of lasting value.

The Framework heading represents the theme for this book, with arrows to indicate the shifting workplace from the established work structures of the Industrial Society to the evolving interactive processes of the Information Technology Era.

Its three core components, book sections – the Workplace, the Work Environment and the Workforce – are shown as separate entities coming together for integrated results to yield work of lasting value. This Framework serves as a conceptual and visual guide throughout the book.

The purpose of this book, therefore, is to involve you in the exploration of how work is evolving from established vertical structures to interactive processes to Realize the Promise of Work. It demonstrates principles and practices which enable work to be more satisfying through its design and practice for both producer and consumer.

Book Sections and Chapters

Section I: Work Alignment Framework
Introduction: Work of Lasting Value
Our Promise to You
Chapter 1: The Shifting Workplace
Work Alignment Introduction
Chapter 2: The Meaning of Aligned Work
Putting Workplace Principles Into Practice
Section II: The Workforce — People and Their Collective Cultures
Chapter 3: Preferences and Positions of People at Work
WorkStyle Patterns® (WSP™) Alignment –
Honoring Preferences, Meeting Requirements
Chapter 4: The Power of Wisdom from All Peoples
Aligning Work Cultures
Section III: The Work Environment — Alignment Principles and Practices
Chapter 5: The Peril and Payoff of Change
Adapting Through the Phases of Change
Chapter 6: Work As We Have Known It and How It Will Be
Designing Work for the Integrated Workplace
Section IV: The Workplace — Societies and Their Global Markets
Chapter 7: ‘After Me, You First’ to ‘We Before Me’
Workplace Imperatives for Value-Based Movement
Chapter 8: The Global Workplace
Realizing the Promise of Aligned Work

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