Managing in the 21st Century: The Emerging Manager's Platform

ID Number: G00163584

9 December 2008

Kathy Harris Brian Gammage Monica Basso

In 21st-century organizations, managers face an increasingly mobile workforce, global teams, high diversity and ever-changing business models. High-performance organizations will adapt their management skills and practices to keep pace.

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Table of Contents

Analysis

1.0

Introduction: Managers Live and Work in Disruptive Times

2.0

Disruptive Trends in Organizational Management

2.1		Trend No. 1: A New Landscape of Organizational Models
2.2		Trend No. 2: New Dimensions of Diversity
2.3		Trend No. 3: Transformation in the Workplace
2.4		Trend No. 4: Nonlinear Structures, Fluid Roles and Fuzzy Boundaries

3.0

The Manager's Platform Must Change

3.1		The Emerging Manager's Platform
3.2		Managers' Goals and Concerns
3.3		Managers' Skills and Attributes
3.4		Adaptive Governance — The Manager's Operational Framework

4.0

Adapting to the New Manager's Platform

4.1		Blend Traditional and Emerging Management Skills
4.2		Assess Your Personal Skills Against New Indicators of Success
4.3		Leading Your Organization to Implement the New Manager's Platform

5.0

Recommendations and Next Steps

Recommended Reading

List of Tables

	Table 1.	Comparison of Current and Emerging Manager's Platform

	Table 2.	Impact of Four Key Trends on Manager Skills and Attributes

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	Management Goals and Concerns

	Figure 2.	Tragedy of the Commons

	Figure 3.	Adaptive Governance Mechanisms

	Figure 4.	Management Maturity and Performance Blends Traditional and New Dimensions

Skills Management
IT Workforce Roles and Responsibilities
High-Performance Workplace
Emerging Trends

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