This 4-page undergraduate paper examines the future of management. The paper begins by examining the differences between management and leadership. The main body of the paper argues that changes in education will be the most important changes to management in the future, although changes in work and job-market structure as well as communications technology will be very significant. The paper further outlines the specific changes in these areas. That is, education of management will become more of an interdisciplinary process, perhaps more similar to what is currently seen in humanities education. Communications advances will mean faster access to data and thus faster decisions. Market changes will mean that fewer managers will be responsible for more. Finally, this paper speculates on the ways that these changes will affect the four elements of management - selecting, directing, evaluating, and rewarding - and concludes that experts’ ideas suggest that management will be more humane, effective and interactive in the future.
