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Human Resources in the On-Demand Economy

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How do you lead an on-demand workforce? Get an overview of the management and HR issues facing employers of nontraditional employees like contractors, freelancers, and elancers.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Understanding the On-Demand Worker
  • Characteristics of elancers
2. Management Challenges
  • Developing an overall strategy for managing and integrating work
  • Becoming a leader who elancers want to work for
  • Rewarding and incentivizing on-demand workers
3. HR Challenges
  • Using talent platforms to create a global supply chain of talent
  • Defining work to be done by outsourcing, crowdsourcing, or contract
  • Developing and deploying on-demand workers
4. Risk Management
  • Maintaining control of intellectual property
  • Assessing the capabilities of elancers
  • Maintaining an organizational culture in a boundaryless organization
5. Legal Issues
  • Compensation and benefits
  • Definition of an employee
  • Advice to employers and employees

Taught by

Wayne Cascio

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