"The stories are told in a way that connects
key concepts with real life experiences .....-
an especially
powerful learning tool."

Craig Ryan,
Mac Roberts & Associates


The Modern Times Workplace
Legacy for the Knowledge Age


This collection of Innovative Workplace documentaries is organized
 into Seven (7) Programs in DVD format.
 Each Program contains multiple Stories with
DVD Menus that allow Users
 to focus on specific 5-10 minute segments.
  Story segments can be combined with various segments within and across each of 7 Programs to produce a
Customized Learning Package .
 (Click HERE to see and print the PDF version of the
"Video Spreadsheet".)

Beyond Collision

Engineering For Commitment

Responsible Self-Management

Whole Systems Teamwork

A Learning Organization

Participative Work Design

  Transforming Labour Relations


Innovative concepts and practices developed in the "post-industrial" period are a foundation for workplaces to develop effective adaptation to the modern times of our Knowledge Age. 

Every employee must be enabled and must take on the role to act as a "knowledge worker".  The role of management needs to be clearly re-constructed to focus on the customer and collaboration across organizational boundaries.  Information systems have become the technology of strategic enterprises that must learn to constantly re-invent themselves.  All of this change challenges the integrity and pro-activity of employee-employer relations
.
 

"The DVD /Menu format gives you the ability to select segments easily;
 and, the ability to play from a computer, plus the supporting documentation
are all very positive features."


The Modern Times Workplace provides
 a multi-media Network of Resources

To stimulate interest,

To make possibilities visible,

And above all,

To support creativity by people

To develop their own

QUALITY WORKPLACES.

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Customized Learning Packages – A Resource Guide

The videos can be supplemented by Print Material, downloadable in PDF format
 from 
The Modern Times Workplace  "Good Reading" library.
The product is a multi-media Network of Resources for customized mix & match
of Video(DVD & VHS) and print elements to address specific THEMES
 for  QUALITY   WORKPLACES!

A
RESOURCE GUIDE is linked to the description of each DVD program.

#########################################################################################################################

 Here is our list of Sample Themes forWork Organization Design:
 

  • New Roles for Supervisors & Engineers
  • New Roles for Management
  • 'Teamwork' and Collaboration
  • White Collar Teamwork
  • 'Knowledge' Workers
  • Whole Systems Design
  • Technological Choice
  • Internal Control and Coordination
  • Multi-Skilling and Flexibility
  • Training
  • Information Systems
  • Variable Pay
  • Employees & The Customer
  • Process Options for Work Design
  • 'Greenfield' and 'Brownfield' Design
  • Philosophy and Values
  • Getting Started
  • Transition
  • Challenges
  • Extraordinary Results

Here is our list of Sample Themes for High Integrity Labour Relations:
 

  • Open Communications
  • Common Objectives
  • A Focus on Problem-Solving
  • Conflict Competence
  • Aim for 'Win-Win'
  • Initiating Change in Labour Relations
  • Values & Beliefs
  • Membership Involvement
  • Supervisory Development
  • New Roles for Labour
  • Collective Bargaining & Organization Change