The Miraculous Knowledge of ICT is Creating New and Amazing Management

摘要

We have witness historical trends of industrial revolutions. From industrial revolution in 18th century, through 19th century of automatisation and mass production until increased pace of ICT developments throughout 20th century, each of phases was driven by a different set of levers which led towards strong improvements and challenged existing practices. Today we are living in the period when science strongly produces new knowledge that is simultaneously translated into in new technologies. The speed of creating new technologies increases permanently, whereas the speed of change management lags behind the technology development. Because of this, it is important that management is innovated, i.e. that management processes are reengineered. The authors of this paper base their initial premise on the argumentation that the management future lies in different processes, activities, objectives and visions. Development of new technologies has marked number of evolutionary steps that different industries have made. Examples of such transformation are well known and documented - we are clear on development pathways, driving forces and enablers which helped change. Once competitors have reached similar level of technological advancement, exploration of new drivers of differentiation and competitiveness entered a "soft orbit". Companies started paying additional attention to innovation and talents.