• Working as a way to define oneself : toward the « experiential » work
• Working to build a lifestyle : the lifestyle entrepreneurship
• The case of new independent workers
• Role of self-development
• Role of new technologies
New work practices (freelancing, digital nomadism, coworking), new
organizational forms (collaborative economy, gig economy, holacracy, etc.) and
new technologies (artificial intelligence, augmented reality, automation, etc.) are
changing the way we conceptualize organization and work.
This course also deals with the latest trends at work and development in
organization studies to understand new organizational phenomena and ways of
working. It is specially designed for students trying to understand major
evolutions about work practices and organizational dynamics.
• Working as a way to define oneself : toward the « experiential » work
• Working to build a lifestyle : the lifestyle entrepreneurship
• The case of new independent workers
• Role of self-development
• Role of new technologies
• From space to place
• From time to temporality
• Thinking work as a multi-temporal and multi-spatial activity
• The case of makers working in a makerspace
• Some starting points and stakes
• Developing a relevant mindset to cope with the current evolutions
• Key skills to develop in an ever-changing world of work
• Which kind of worker do you want to be ?