Start Date
4-1968 8:00 AM
Description
Nothing is more certain in today T s uncertain world than change — rapid, constant, ever increasing change. Indeed, change is perhaps the most fundamental characteristics of modern life, and this moment in time might rightly be called The Age of Change. (After all, anxiety, the characteristic most often associated with modern times, is largely a result of man's inability to adjust to change.)
The political, cultural, and socio-economic changes that characterize this Age of Change are in turn producing major changes in the industrial work force. Today's worker is a man or woman who refuses to be squeezed into the neat little compartments of yesterday's "practical" manager. Consequently, the job of management is becoming significantly more difficult; and the new breed of managers, even now, requires more sophisticated skills, especially in interpersonal competence.
In this paper, I will briefly examine the nature of the changes that are tossing us hither and yon, the effects of these changes on the industrial work force, and the changes required of today's managers in order to lead these varied workers.
Human Factors in Management
Nothing is more certain in today T s uncertain world than change — rapid, constant, ever increasing change. Indeed, change is perhaps the most fundamental characteristics of modern life, and this moment in time might rightly be called The Age of Change. (After all, anxiety, the characteristic most often associated with modern times, is largely a result of man's inability to adjust to change.)
The political, cultural, and socio-economic changes that characterize this Age of Change are in turn producing major changes in the industrial work force. Today's worker is a man or woman who refuses to be squeezed into the neat little compartments of yesterday's "practical" manager. Consequently, the job of management is becoming significantly more difficult; and the new breed of managers, even now, requires more sophisticated skills, especially in interpersonal competence.
In this paper, I will briefly examine the nature of the changes that are tossing us hither and yon, the effects of these changes on the industrial work force, and the changes required of today's managers in order to lead these varied workers.
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