Overview
Presents the characteristics of management and competence from First Industrial Revolution in the 1750s to present day
Evaluates how and why the various definitions of management emerged and investigates their historical antecedents
Uses practical evidence from managers to support theoretical assumptions
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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About this book
Management is a constellation of concepts and ideas. Its many definitions span the boundaries of leadership and strategy on the one hand and business administration on the other; from people management to P&L accounts, to both change and stability, sometimes simultaneously. There are few concepts that have attracted as much business interest as the management of organisations.
Presenting a wide, deep and engaged body of research about management, this book explores how management competencies have developed over time and whether these are still relevant to the management of contemporary organizations. The author addresses this question by tracing the evolution of management competencies from the First to the Fourth Industrial revolution, investigating the role and style of managers in each ‘revolution’ and in multiple geographies. Ultimately, this book suggests that that five ‘core management competencies; will be relevant as the Fourth Industrial Revolution gathers momentum.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Paul Turner has held Professorial appointments at Universities in Leeds, Birmingham, Nottingham and Cambridge. His business career included Executive and Director positions in FTSE and Fortune companies, and he was Vice President of the CIPD. Paul is the author or co- author of Employee Engagement, Leadership in Healthcare, Talent Management in Healthcare, Make Your People Before You Make Your Products, Workforce Planning, The Admirable Company, Talent Strategy, Management and Measurement, Organisational Communication and HR Forecasting and Planning.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Making of the Modern Manager
Book Subtitle: Mapping Management Competencies from the First to the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Authors: Paul Turner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81062-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81061-0Published: 14 September 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81064-1Published: 15 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-81062-7Published: 13 September 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 407
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations