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This book discusses the evolution of management as a profession over the past two decades and how it continues to evolve. It goes on to describe the new style of management and makes recommendations for what today's and tomorrow's managers must know and how to work.

  • Offers ways to think about your role as a manager in order to optimize your effectiveness toward uncertain and turbulent changes
  • Discusses current realities in which management currently operates
  • Provides a historical background of managerial practices and how they've evolved in the present workplace


Table of Contents

Preface vii

1. Emergence of a New Managerial Style 1

2. When Management Confronts Information Ecosystems 40

3. How Technologies Affect the Work of Industries 85

4. New Organizations: What Changes, What Does Not 124

5. Emerging Economic and Business Realities 167

6. The Way Forward 200

For Further Reading 231

Index 236

The Essential Manager

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 23 January 2015
      ISBN-13 9781119002772
      978-1119002772
      ISBN-10 111900277X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book discusses the evolution of management as a profession over the past two decades and how it continues to evolve. It goes on to describe the new style of management and makes recommendations for what today's and tomorrow's managers must know and how to work.

      • Offers ways to think about your role as a manager in order to optimize your effectiveness toward uncertain and turbulent changes
      • Discusses current realities in which management currently operates
      • Provides a historical background of managerial practices and how they've evolved in the present workplace


      Table of Contents

      Preface vii

      1. Emergence of a New Managerial Style 1

      2. When Management Confronts Information Ecosystems 40

      3. How Technologies Affect the Work of Industries 85

      4. New Organizations: What Changes, What Does Not 124

      5. Emerging Economic and Business Realities 167

      6. The Way Forward 200

      For Further Reading 231

      Index 236

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