CU Future of the US Workplace Question

DB-FP410 – Assessment 5: The Future of Work

Assessment 5

Instructions

: The Future of Work

Write a 5-10 page paper examining the effects of current trends on the future of work.

Introduction

The world of work is constantly changing. New technology and societal changes as well as legal and regulatory changes all affect how and where we work. In addition, the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 caused new complications and accelerated changes. In this assessment, you will look at several current trends and examine their impact on work and workplaces of the future.

Preparation

Using the provided articles and other resources, consider how work and the workplace will change in the future.

Instructions

Using the provided articles and other resources, consider how work and the workplace will change in the future. Make sure to address the following:

1. Describe the social, technological, and ethical issues that will shape the future of the U.S. workplace, commenting on their impact on society and workplace productivity and providing a rationale. Consider changes that may occur in the next several decades and beyond.Provide a rationale for why you think these issues will shape the future.
2. Discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on remote work, the use of artificial intelligence (AI), and other workplace trends.
3. Develop an unbiased argument for or against increasing use of robots and AI in the workplace. Explain their pros, cons, and limitations including expected advantages to society. Provide examples to support your argument.
4. Summarize the pros and cons of a universal basic income, a guaranteed federal job, and a reduced work week and select one to recommend. Select the change that you think would have the greatest positive impact.Argue for use of your recommended change and indicate any limitations.
5. Explain another change you would recommend for the future workplace that could significantly benefit humankind. Use your imagination and research. The sky is the limit! Here are some examples: Reduced CEO salaries.Improved commuting options.Green jobs.Flexible work hours.Greater accessibility and inclusivity.Describe how your proposed change would represent a different workplace from the one we see today. Provide evidence and examples from scholarly research to explain how your proposed change benefits humankind, weighing the benefits against any risks or cost involved.

Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

Additional Requirements

As you complete your assessment, be sure it meets the following guidelines:

• Written communication: Use error-free doctoral-level writing, with original (non-plagiarized) content, logical phrasing, and accurate word choices.
• Scholarship: Use 8–10 professionally reputable sources to support your main points and analysis. Be sure to include scholarly sources. Course readings may be included among the required sources.
• APA formatting: All resources and citations should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
• Length: 5–10 typed, double-spaced pages, in addition to the cover page, illustrations, reference page, and appendix.
• Font and font size: Consistent, APA-compliant font, 12-point.

Please also note:

• For this assessment, you are required to follow the Standard Naming Convention requirements and the Track Changes requirements for any files you upload. You will find the requirements on the DBA Submission Requirements page.
• Before submitting your assessment, you are required to use Recite to check that your in-text citations match the reference list at the end of your assessment. Recite also checks for stylistic errors related to referencing. Make any corrections to your assessment based on the Recite report.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:

Competency 1: Create rule- and value-based arguments from human resource models and theories, supported with clear and relevant evidence that convey professional tone and style.Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

Competency 2: Evaluate literature to create objective, fact-based, and unbiased arguments.Develop an unbiased argument for or against increasing use of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace.

Competency 3: Examine the legal and ethical challenges of leading the reskilling of talent pools in a highly digitized global environment.Describe the social, technological, and ethical issues that will shape the future of the U.S. workplace, commenting on their impact on society and workplace productivity and providing a rationale.

Competency 4: Appraise multiple responses to a managing a human resource problem for compliance within ethical, legal, or regulatory frameworks.Summarize the pros and cons of a universal basic income, a guaranteed federal job, and a reduced work week and select one to recommend.Explain another change you would recommend for the future workplace that could significantly benefit humankind.

Competency 5: Analyze an organization’s human resource management problem from the perspective of the legal and regulatory environment in which the organization operates.Discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on remote work, the use of artificial intelligence, and other workplace trends.Resources: The Future Workplace

Lund, S., Madgavkar, A., Manyika, J., & Smit, S. (2020). What’s next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/whats-next-for-remote-work-an-analysis-of-2000-tasks-800-jobs-and-nine-countries.This article argues that the impact of COVID-19 remote work has staying power for the future. Estlund, C. (2019). Three big ideas for future of less work and three-dimensional alternative. Law and Contemporary Problems, 82(3), 1–44.This resource examines the pros and cons of a universal basic income (UBI), a federal job guarantee (FJG), and a reduced work week. Center for the Future of Work. (2017). 21 jobs of the future: A guide to getting and staying employed over the next 10 years [PDF]. Retrieved from https://www.cognizant.com/whitepapers/21-jobs-of-t…This resource suggests new jobs in the future workplace.McKinsey & Company. (2021). The future of work after COVID-19. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-…This resource suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the already-inevitable trend of remote work and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to perform jobs previously done by humans, concluding that more workers than previously imagined will need to be re-skilled in order to maintain current wage levels.

Resources: Artificial Intelligence and Technology

Yorks, L., Rotatori, D., Sung, S., & Justice, S. (2020).

Workplace reflection in the age of AI: Materiality, technology, and machines

. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 22(3), 308–319.

• This resource predicts expanded uses of assisted intelligence, augmented intelligence, and autonomous intelligence and concludes they will improve human decision-making.

Brougham, D., & Haar, J. (2018).

Smart technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, and algorithms (STARA): Employees’ perceptions of our future workplace

. Journal of Management and Organization, 24(2), 239–257.

• This resource projects the impact of STARA on today’s workplace, its current effect on employees, and its future iterations.

de Graaf Maartje, M. A. (2016).

An ethical evaluation of human–robot relationships

. International Journal of Social Robotics, 8(4), 589–598.

This resource examines human-robot relationships as robots become increasingly human-like. Examining what ethical issues might arise, it asks whether robots can meet some human emotional needs and what impacts those unidirectional emotional bonds will have on humans and their wellbeing.

Miller, T. (2018). The new world of human resources and employment: How artificial intelligence and process redesign is driving dramatic change. Business Expert Press.

• This resource gets into how AI works, the jobs it will replace, and suggests an action plan for HR to lead the way for new business models. Pay particular attention to chapters 1 and 2 on pages 1–28.

Resources: Professional Development Framework

In previous courses, you began to create a Professional Development Framework to improve your knowledge, skills, and competencies, and to develop your academic and professional identity as a DBA scholar-practitioner. By the time you reach this course, you will have developed one quadrant of the framework.

• Knowledge & Scholarly Thinking

If you have not completed this domain of your Professional Development Framework, please complete it as well. If you would like to review the framework, see the following:

• DBA Professional Development Framework.
• DBA Professional Development Framework Guide [PDF].

At this point, think back on your doctoral journey so far and write a brief reflection in your Professional Development Journal addressing the following:

How many of your Knowledge & Scholarly Thinking goals have you acted upon? Describe the impact you’ve experienced.For this Assessment you should discuss how work and the workplace will change in the future – guided by the following.Describe the social, technological, and ethical issues that will shape the future of the U.S. workplace, its productivity and society in general.Don’t just list issues, explain why you think these issues will shape the futureConsider changes that may occur in the next several decades and beyond. Your course reading or other reading should give you plenty of ideasDiscuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted, or forever integrated in the workplaceremote workthe use of artificial intelligenceand other workplace trends.Develop an unbiased argument for or against increasing use of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace.Explain the pros, cons, and limitations; also discuss the expected advantages or detriments to society. (Provide examples to support your argument.)Summarize the pros and cons of a universal basic income, a guaranteed federal job, and a reduced work week, then select one to recommend.Which will have the greatest positive impact on workers/society?Support your choice with arguments from the literature, but also recognize your choice’s limitations.Describe another change you would recommend for the future workplace that could significantly benefit humankind. Use your imagination but be realistic!Use error-free, doctoral-level writing.Use 8–10 professionally reputable scholarly sources.Use APA 7 style and formatting guidelines.Use as many pages as it takes to write a good comprehensive paper(5–10 pages, in addition to the cover page, reference page.)Use Recite.