Thursday, December 06, 2007
"The Future of Management " by Gary Hamel
How do you discover radically better ways of leading, organising, and managing ? The short answer : You look far beyond the boundaries of today's " best practices ".
To glimpse the future of management, you must search out the " positive deviants", organisations and social systems that defy the norms of conventional practice.
The web has evolved faster than anything human beings have ever created - largely , because it is not a hierarchy. The web is all periphery and no centre !! What is the chance of tomorrow's most successful organistions will be as different from today's corporate behemoth's - as the Internet is different from plain old telephone service ?
The answer : A lot higher than you think !! Unlike your company, the Internet already is adaptable, innovative and engaging.
I believe we are now on the verge of " Post managerial " society, perhaps even a " post organisational " society. Just as coming of the knwledge economy didn't herald the death of heavy( manufacturing) industry, a " post managerial " economy won't be entirely free of executives, supervisors, administrators and overseers.
But it does imply a future in which the " work of management " is less and less responsibility of " managers " . Activities will still need to be co-ordinated, individual effortrs aligned, relatinships nurtured, objectives decided upon, and knoledge disseminated.
From :
" Future of Management " by Gary Hamel.
To glimpse the future of management, you must search out the " positive deviants", organisations and social systems that defy the norms of conventional practice.
The web has evolved faster than anything human beings have ever created - largely , because it is not a hierarchy. The web is all periphery and no centre !! What is the chance of tomorrow's most successful organistions will be as different from today's corporate behemoth's - as the Internet is different from plain old telephone service ?
The answer : A lot higher than you think !! Unlike your company, the Internet already is adaptable, innovative and engaging.
I believe we are now on the verge of " Post managerial " society, perhaps even a " post organisational " society. Just as coming of the knwledge economy didn't herald the death of heavy( manufacturing) industry, a " post managerial " economy won't be entirely free of executives, supervisors, administrators and overseers.
But it does imply a future in which the " work of management " is less and less responsibility of " managers " . Activities will still need to be co-ordinated, individual effortrs aligned, relatinships nurtured, objectives decided upon, and knoledge disseminated.
From :
" Future of Management " by Gary Hamel.
