Future of Management Paper

Future of Management
Dawn Becker
University of Phoenix- MGT 330
Professor John Bennett
August 19, 2003


The future is approaching fast and tomorrow’s organizations are being built today. Existing standards will no longer be effective or will be modified to meet tomorrow’s trends. Management and leadership will change to meet the demands of future employees. I will differentiate between management and leadership in the following paragraphs. I will also describe emerging trends and will indicate how the future will affect the four functions of management.
Understanding the roles of leaders and management is very important. A leader provides a vision and motivates the employee to pursue that vision. We can define leadership as “influencing others to work willingly toward achieving objectives”(Dessler, 2002, p. 412). Managing involves planning, organizing, leadings and controlling people or groups of people to achieve the company’s objectives.
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