Future of Management

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 2
Abstract 3
Future of Management 4
Management Evolution 4
Present Day Theory 6
Managing the Future 6
Summary 8
References 9

Abstract

This paper will discuss the future of management. First a brief history, including bullets of how management evolved, then the present practices, followed by future trends of management.

Future of Management

This paper will briefly summarize the evolution of management, leading up to present day theory. Then forecasted future trends of business are introduced, matched with key organizational management adaptations.
Management Evolution

From the dawn of time, up to the Eighteenth Century, Toeffler (1971) referred to business as “the long epic of agricultural civilization” (p. 41). Management skills throughout this period were virtually unnecessary. With technological, and scientific discoveries such as:
• Steam engine,
• Electricity,...