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The Changing Nature of Work

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How is the work environment being affected by the changing nature of work in the 21st century?

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This answer assist looks at the changing nature of work, the changing workplace, and the change of industries over the past few decades. It gives several options of why these changes are occurring.

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I believe this is really a multi-step question and answer. In the following few paragraphs I suggest several options for answering your question. I would use the information provided to create your answer.

To begin, while many countries still have a large production and manufacturing based sector, overall movement in the work environment of advanced countries has been a movement toward the service industry. A fairly new development has been the "gig economy". This is where people work several small jobs. These people are able to find flexibility and income. Another change in the nature of work is the ability to work from ...

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