It seems to me that this conversation about MBAS and professional management is absolutely crucial to the evolution of what we call the knowledge economy. If you are going to employ good specialists who are competent in their own areas you should not be thnking about management in terms of control - after all, the knowledge resides in the specialist.
What you need to think about is the relationships that have to work in order for each specialist to do the things that need to be done to make the organization function according to the strategy worked out by senior management.
This puts a whole different complex on management, no longer are we thinking in terms of management and workers, but how best to co-ordinate the differing functions of the structure. This is really radical thinking if we consider that relationships involve feelings and personalities - something that tends to be discounted by old style management.
Maybe we could see MBA programs including psychology and sociology, and even personal development.
# posted by Mary @ 4:09 PM
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