Managing the Aging Workforce

Critical challenges of the aging society for your workforceHow demographic trends will upset economies, industries and companiesIncreasing the value (V) of an aging workforce for your companyManaging your aging workforce: the 5V framework to increase both productivity and creativity of older workers in your companyThe first V-field: mindset change tools for the aging workforceThe second V-field: knowledge management and further training toolsThe third V-field: health management tools for aging: mental, physical, social healthThe fourth V-field: work environment and physical toolsThe fifth V-field: HRM tools for managing the workforcePutting it all together: The V-scorecard for measuring improvement in both productivity and creativity of the aging workforce

MARIUS LEIBOLDis Professor in Strategy at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and visiting professor at various universities in Europe and the USA. His research focuses on new business models and innovation for global competitiveness, incorporating strategic fitness, systemic innovation and paradoxical management approaches applied in various industries and companies. He has authored a number of articles and books in strategic management, and is a Director of the WISE program, a collaborative research program between academic and business organizations in the USA, Europe, Africa and Asia.NITIN NOHRIAis Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean and Director of Faculty Development at the Harvard Business School. His research centers on leadership, corporate accountability, and organizational change. Professor Nohria has served as an advisor and consultant to several large and small companies in different parts of the world. He has been interviewed by ABC, CNN, and NPR, and cited in Business Week, Economist, Financial Times, Fortune, New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.SVEN C. VOELPELis a Director of the research group WISE (Wisdom - Innovation - Strategy - Energy) and Professor of Business Administration at the Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, International University Bremen (IUB), Germany. Besides various professorships around the world he is also a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Business School and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University since 2001.