Planning and managing organisations/PMAN103/Managing the unknown/Overview

If the last century has been any indicator, the pace of change and the level of interconnection between companies and countries will continue to accelerate. Part of being a good manager is being able to deal with change and ambiguity.

Objectives

On successful completion of this learning pathway, you will be able to:

• Describe how different theorists think the work world will change.
• Describe possible changes to the work environment in the future.
• Describe ways a manager can effectively respond to changes that affect the workplace.
• Suggest helpful techniques to manage through ambiguity.
• Describe a few new management techniques and frameworks.