By Shweta Tangri

The ways in which organizations manage people this millennium will be a function of those forces that will shape the company. The characteristic of the organisation will be the dominance of knowledge as a factor of production. A knowledge organisation will be an organisation of equals as knowledge in one area is not superior to knowledge in another. The expectations of these associates will move towards the apex of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs: from the mere fulfillment of physiological needs to self-actualisation. I see 7 ways in which the people aspects of the workplace of the millennium will differ from those of 20th Century organisations.

THE DEATH OF LIFE-EMPLOYMENT. Companies will no longer be able to take on the responsibility of providing a continuous source of livelihood to their employees. They will instead offer employability, wherein a stint with the company will enhance an individual's skills.