Age Works: What Corporate America Must Do to Survive the Graying of the Workforce
Worth buying if: You follow workplace policy, HR strategy, or labor-demographic debates.
Skip it if: You seek a fictional or novelistic treatment of aging.
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Summary
Beverly Goldberg argues that demographic shifts require concrete workplace reforms—hiring, training, job design, and policy—to keep organizations productive as employees age.
Why this book now
As the workforce ages, Goldberg’s 2002 warning about demographic pressure and corporate responses remains urgently relevant for employers and HR leaders.
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- You follow workplace policy, HR strategy, or labor-demographic debates.
- You want practical corporate recommendations on hiring, training, and job design for older workers.
- You seek a fictional or novelistic treatment of aging.
- You want an academic, heavily footnoted demographic study.
- You need the newest edition, freshest examples, or the most current framing.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780743242615
Worth buying if: You follow workplace policy, HR strategy, or labor-demographic debates.
Skip it if: You seek a fictional or novelistic treatment of aging.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At 256 pages, this Simon & Schuster general-interest title is a focused, single-sitting or few-evening read for managers, HR professionals, and policy-minded readers.
What stands out here
This 2002 Simon & Schuster edition foregrounds Goldberg’s corporate recommendations and demographic argument for adapting workplaces to older employees.
Best way to approach it
Read as a practitioner’s brief: note the concrete workplace suggestions and compare them to your own organizational policies for immediate application.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780743242615
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