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free agents / browse all glossary files [ go back ]
search job welfare insecurity found: http://www.globalization101.org/index.php?file=news1&id=70 http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-18640603.html computer marriage: ...couples with children and traditional jobs, whose lives seem to
revolve entirely around the morning struggle to get to work, day care,
and school - and the evening battle to return home and begin the process
again the following day. ...a regular collaboration between free agents akin to a law or accounting
partnership - but in which the relationships are fluid and the structure
is set by an informal agreement rather than a legal contract. ...With the proliferation of inexpensive computers, wireless handheld
devices, and ubiquitous (Internet) connect ions ... workers
can now own the means of production. ...Double Income, No Jobs as in a DINJ couple, which a pair of
unemployed workers living together. ...a new stage in American working life; working as a free agent after
age sixty-five - and using the global communications network as the platform
for obtaining and completing work ...the physical foundation on which the free agent economy operates.
The infrastructure is self-organized and composed of private establishments. ...a form of debt financing for free agents. A financial instrument
more widely available than students loans but lower interest rates than
credit cards. To allow the market to flourish, a corporation, perhaps
chartered by Congress but owned by shareholders, would buy F.A.N. Bonds
and package them into securities - much as Fannie Mae does for home mortgages (in
the USA). ...the underlying instructions that allow free agency to function.
Like Windows, DOS, or Linux on computers, the Free Agent Operating
System establishes the platform on which the free agent economy operates.
Its
basic unit is trust, which is fashioned into reciprocal altruism.
(See also: The Golden Rule) -- (Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.). ...His Office/Her Office. Somewhat like SOHO (Small Office/Home Office). ...successor of vertical loyalty, which flowed upward - from an individual
to an institution or authority figure.By contract, this new loyalty flows
laterally. It is a fierce, and usually reciprocal, allegiance to teams,
colleagues, and ex-colleagues; to clients and customers; to industries
and professions; and to family and friends. ...the political version of just-in-time manufacturing. Instead of
building one coalition and keeping it together, the modern challenge
of politics will be to assemble the available components to satisfy the
current political demand, do it in real time, and them move on to the
next task. ...a microbusiness that remains 'ruthlessly' small' as both a personal
preference and a competitive strategy ...somebody who works alongside a traditional employee, doing the
same work, but whose employer classifies him as a temp to avoid providing
health insurance, a pension, and stock options. ...successor to the famous Peter Principle, it holds that people will
move up the ranks of an organization until they stop having fun. When
the fun peters out, the talented people walk out - usually to become
free agents. ...descendant of Taylorism, Frederick Winslow Taylor's One Best Way
method of mass production ... Opposite of the One Size Fits All ethic
of the Organization Man era. (Synonym: My Size Fits Me).
Free Agent Nation
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