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

The future of management

Consider the following questions as you complete the readings below:

1. How different is the current workplace from when your parents or grandparents were working?
2. How do you think work will change in the coming years?
3. How will coming changes impact your management style?

Read the following articles from Unit 9 of the Principles of Management course available from Saylor Academy:

1. Dr Thomas Malone's theories on the future of work.
2. Management in the future for an overview of the changes facing managers in the future.
3. Gary Hamel's thoughts on the future of management.

Annotation - The future of work and management

In this activity we invite you to post annotations and/or replies to comments on one or more of the PDF readings above.

Instructions

1. Complete the assigned PDF readings.
2. Launch Hypothes.is (if unfamiliar with this tool, see information provided below)
3. Post one or more annotation comments anywhere in one or more of the PDF articles.
4. Reply to one or more annotation comments by others you find interesting.

Need help?

• See course annotations on the OERu support website, or
• Revisit the Annotations orientation.

Resource bank activity - optional

You are encouraged to help create a resource bank for this learning pathway:

• For each resource you would like to recommend to others, select the resource, log in to bookmarks.oeru.org and click on "Add" link.
• Complete the form adding the link, a short description and the recommended tags below for each resource. Be sure to mark your resource "Public":
  • Required tags= pman103, pman103a4-1 (a4-1 means 4th learning pathway, 1st activity)
  • Suggested tags= Use appropriate keywords (lowercase preferred)
  • Link tag=pman103a4-1
• You are also encouraged to review a few resources submitted by your peers and vote for those you find valuable.