Future of Work: The wage gap between genders will decrease in the near future

Step 1: Literature review: This section reviews the literature on key topics and makes links to the chosen theme. Include definitions of key concepts, and analyse and compare the effects and importance of the various trends based upon the readings. The literature review requires the group to address key areas in relation to the topic and theme.

This section will discuss the key evidence from the literature, including all the prescribed readings and other readings found by each individual student plus recommended and other peer-reviewed journal readings. Each student should reference 10 articles in their individual literature review section. Discussion of the literature should refer to the different types of changes to work covered in this unit and must address relevant concepts such as post-fordism, labour process, division of labour, informalisation and commodification (Approx 350 words). (We chose Post-Fordism)

(A lit review should focus on ideas/arguments of authors, not statistics. Lit reviews should also include definitions of the main terms you will use (like post-Fordism) contrasting different authors’ views to achieve one that you find useful. Spend some time displaying & contrasting what authors say about why these trends/issues exist. So, a historic perspective & international comparisons could be useful.)

Step 2: Future of work: The literature review and your scenario plan are the key documents that will inform this section. This section should include a summary of the key learning/findings from the literature review, including any controversies. It should clearly respond to the research questions about the future of work. It is recommended that you apply the same sub headings in this section that you used in your literature review.

You should identify the areas of change to work in the future and discuss related questions about the effects of these changes. You need to link arguments from the section about the literature and should be able to draw out the key issues in the literature to assist you to argue and support your thesis on the future of work.

Draw on your analysis from the scenario plan around your chosen context, such as the organisation /industry, effects on employees, corporate strategy, new expressions of employment, trends in society that will impact on work, the way work is done, location, who will do it, how monitoring, performance appraisal and supervision may change. In discussing the proposed trends you will also need to identify current gaps and how these may improve or change in the long term and why.

This section should be drawing on the gap between the current state as described in the literature review and the future state as described in your scenario plan (Approx 200 words).

Introduction

· The future of work will have an impact on women in terms of employment and job positions in an organization.

· Corporations will be equally hiring men and women based on their skills and knowledge.

· The wage gap between genders will decrease in the near future.

· Women will become more independent leading the marriage rates to drop.

· When it comes to politics, the role of a women in a less developed country will change significantly as women are now allowed to vote and become members of the parliament.

Rationale

· Theme: Gender and diversity

· Why?

Coming from an Arab country, we have noticed many changes in the typical role of women all around the world. We noticed that women are starting to change their habits and lifestyle. Women are becoming highly educated, searching for independence, and working more to enhance their career path. Women are no longer categorized as the traditional housewives.

Scenario: Everything Will Change

“Post-Fordism”