It's time for management version 2.0: Six forces redefining the future of modern management

McDonald, P. Vernon

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2011.05.001

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“…Our investigations identify strong and robust parallels between the six forces identified by McDonald (2011), who suggests that the proposed trends are drivers of a future model of management. We also suggest that the direction in which PM has been evolving over the past decade or so is very much in the same manner as McDonald's forces.…”

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confidence: 55%

“…Specifically, we identify a number of management trends that are drawn from a paper that documents a proposed 'Management 2.0' model, and we compare those trends to the way in which PM is maturing to embrace the challenges of modern organizational progress.Our investigations identify strong and robust parallels between the six forces identified by McDonald (2011), who suggests that the proposed trends are drivers of a future model of management. We also suggest that the direction in which PM has been evolving over the past decade or so is very much in the same manner as McDonald's forces.…”

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“…In reviewing McDonald's (2011) six forces, one is immediately struck by several overarching themes: flexibility in dealing with personnel, globalization, and the rise of values. In fact, values are surprisingly present through the six forces, particularly affecting the decline of hierarchy, and the management of Gen X and Y employees.…”

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“…It works on the basis of reductionist thinking and on the Cartesian/Newtonian concept of causality". Following on from this, McDonald (2011) suggests that 'Management 1.0' was founded on the industrial age paradigm and that this view of management has reached the limits of its relevance. He further proposes that it is time to consider a new conceptualization, which he calls 'Management 2.0', based on the global, information age paradigm in which modern businesses compete.…”

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“…There has been much talk of 'trends' in PM, and it is important to note that McDonald (2011) is using a terminology that is more 'forceful', in that he describes his identified areas as forces. This mirrors the work of Christensen (1997), who developed an argument that disruptive forces are powerful influences that sweep away existing ideas about how to move forward in industries, sectors, or domains.…”

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Is project management the new management 2.0?

Warburton

Kanabar

2014

Organisational Project Management

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This paper considers the evolving nature of project management (PM) and offers a comparison with the evolving nature of management generally. Specifically, we identify a number of management trends that are drawn from a paper that documents a proposed 'Management 2.0' model, and we compare those trends to the way in which PM is maturing to embrace the challenges of modern organizational progress.Our investigations identify strong and robust parallels between the six forces identified by McDonald (2011), who suggests that the proposed trends are drivers of a future model of management. We also suggest that the direction in which PM has been evolving over the past decade or so is very much in the same manner as McDonald's forces. As a minimum, PM is responding to the same forces, but perhaps in a more coherent manner than traditional management.Some theoretical frameworks are offered that assist in explaining the shift from the historically accepted 'tools and techniques' model to a more nuanced and behaviorally driven paradigm that is arguably more appropriate to manage change in today's flexible and progressive organizations, and which provide a more coherent response, both in PM and traditional management, to McDonald's forces. In addition, we offer a number of examples to robustly support our assertions, based around the development of innovative products from Apple Inc. In using this metaphor to demonstrate the evolution of project-based work, we link PM with innovation and new product development. IntroductionThere has been much speculation lately about the future of work, and the forces that are redefining and shaping organizations. This brings up the interesting question of how both business managers and project managers will need to change in order to accommodate the needs of employees, customers, and markets (Gratton, 2011). It is also inevitable that as management evolves, and project-based management grows in scope and influence, such speculation will also affect the way in which the field grows and develops, and the way it is perceived by academics, practitioners, and other involved parties.

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Advancing Project Management: Authenticating the Shift from Process to “Nuanced” Project-Based Management in the Ambidextrous Organization

Leybourne

Sainter

2012

Project Management Journal

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INTRODUCTION ■ O ver the past 15 years or so, project-based management has been transitioning from a relatively immature management style utilized by the construction and other infrastructure-based sectors, to a management paradigm (Kuhn, 1962) that is applicable to many sectors (Cicmil & Hodgson, 2006), and that has become the accepted framework for managing change in the modern organization. There is, however, evidence to suggest that project management is undergoing an internal shift

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Core Management Competences—Preparing for the Future

Turner

2021

The Making of the Modern Manager

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It's time for management version 2.0: Six forces redefining the future of modern management

Cited by 23 publications

References 61 publications

Is project management the new management 2.0?

Is project management the new management 2.0?

Advancing Project Management: Authenticating the Shift from Process to “Nuanced” Project-Based Management in the Ambidextrous Organization

Core Management Competences—Preparing for the Future

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