work-life balance and a new way of working designing "workplace tailored to workers' needs"

工作生活平衡既是人力资源管理的问题，也是工作方式的问题。这是因为一个工人必须决定把他的工作放在他的生活领域的什么地方。这导致了一种不同于过去的新的工作方式。组织需要从制度上和非制度上支持工人，而在非制度支持中，经理的作用将是最重要的。工作场所设计的原则也需要改变；不仅是如何设计有效的工作场所，而且还要求如何设计“为工人的需求量身定做的工作场所”。然而，这样的工作场所还没有像现在这样普遍。

Work life balance (hereafter WLB) is both a matter of Human Resource Management and a matter of way of working. It is because a worker has to decide where he puts his work in his life sphere. This leads to a new way of working which is different from the past one. Organizations are required to support workers both institutionally and non-institutionally, and managers' role would be most important among the non-institutional supports. The principle of workplace design is also required to change; not only how to design the effective workplace but also how to design the "workplace tailored to workers' needs". Such workplace, however, has not yet been widespread as it is now.