Innovating Our Thinking about Management: A New Model

摘要

Although much is written about management, there is no agreement on a definition of "management," and the volume creates a trees-and-forest problem, often obscuring "the big picture." The three-part model presented here attempts to give the big picture along with enough supporting detail to be useful-while remaining brief. The parts are 1) the PEAR process (plan, execute, asses, react); 2) managers' knowledge and skills that form the managing infrastructure, and 3) the sources of the managers' knowledge and skills. So far the model has worked well in a classroom setting and should lend clarity and depth to the analysis of management outside academia.