For decades it has been known now what the future demographic development will be like and what radical impact it will leave on the employment structure of companies. Nevertheless, no proper responses have been made by companies to motivate, on the one hand, the Generation Y employees and, on the other hand, women to take over more responsibility and occupy a management position. One of the most important job specifications for the Generation Y and women, however, is the so called work-life balance, so employers must use work-life balance issues as incentives in recruiting.
As a consequence, this thesis correlates both topics and investigates the applicability of the concept of part-time work on the management level. In so doing, the specific focus on managers was chosen due to the fact that companies have a great interest in forming a lasting bond with this kind of highly qualified specialists and, therefore, are required to take better account of their needs regarding the working time management. Furthermore, reductions in working time at management level can help the labour market to reduce the gender segregation by attracting more women to top positions.
The crux of the thesis will therefore be to investigate the practicability of part-time management and to solve the following question: How does the current situation of part-time managers in Europe look like and what should companies do for a successful implementation?
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
1. Introduction
2. Definition and explanation of key terms
2.1 Management
2.2 Part-time employment
2.3 Chapter summary
3. Current situation in Europe
3.1 Germany
3.2 The Netherlands
3.3 Switzerland
3.4 Rise of Generation Y
3.5 Demand and satisfaction of managerial part-time work
3.6 Chapter summary
4. Implementation
4.1 Reasons for exploiting part-time employment
4.2 Best practice example: The German insurance company HUK-Coburg
4.3 Models of part-time work
4.3.1 Job sharing
4.3.2 Cadre model
4.3.3 Reduced working days
4.4 Obstacles of part-time work and corresponding solutions
4.5 Success factors and recommendations
4.6 Chapter summary
5. Conclusion
6. Reference list
7. Appendix
-
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X. -
Upload your own papers! Earn money and win an iPhone X.