High performance workplace practices are diffusing. In 1992, just under one in four establishments had adopted high performance workplace practices while by 1997 the share of establishments that had adopted high performance workplace practices rose to nearly two in five. New patterns of work are emerging. More persons are working at home or on flexible work schedules. However, the share of the workforce in alternative or contingent employment relationships has remained stable over the last couple of years.
Companies support employee development by investing in education and training.
Investments in education and training rose by over 30 percent between 1990 and 1998. Rapidly changing technology, the globalization of markets and other changes sweeping through the U.S. economy mean that many of our long held assumptions about the economy and business are changing. The way we work and the relationships between companies are their workers, which will continue to unfold, represent a revolution in the rules of the game and the game itself. This special event is open to Fairfield Chamber of Commerce members, free. A special feature of the event is that each business attending will be given the opportunity to be given a complete e-Business Readiness Assessment.