“The Manager’s Job,” 50 Years Later
I used to think that if you cared for other people, you need to study sociology or something like it. But….I [have] concluded, if you want to help other people, be a manager. If done well, management is among the most noble of professions. You are in a position where you have eight or ten hours every day from every person who works for you. You hav... See more
Clay Christensen • How Will You Measure Your Life?
The Organization as a Machine: An Outdated Concept - XPLANE | Organizational Change Management Consulting
Aric Woodxplane.com
... See moreThe typical large business 20 years hence will have fewer than half the levels of management of its counterpart today, and no more than a third the managers. In its structure, and in its management problems and concerns, it will bear little resemblance to the typical manufacturing company, circa 1950, which our textbooks still consider the norm… th
In effect, besides the CEO, the company operates with no conventional general managers: people who control an entire process from product development through sales and are judged according to a P&L statement.
Joel M. Podolny • How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
That stereotype of a general manager is not really how the world works today. Now the managers are uniquely good at something, and then they learn other things.