Paradigm Shift in Management Philosophy: Future Challenges in Global Organizations

Rapidly growing technology and globalization have put tremendous pressure on management teams. Technological developments with far reaching implications on social, economic, political, and environmental ecosystems cannot be underemphasized. Currently, organizations are trying to be more inclusive and aware of diversity, rapid technology growth, and globalization along with remotely operating businesses for profit motivation. The delegative and individual employee-based management styles of the past have become obsolete. With globalization, virtual offices, and rapid technology growth, management challenges have become an expensive force to reckon with.

In this book, the authors address the recent trends in management in global environments. The authors explore issues such as managing virtual teams, gender and management, e-commerce, biased financing, quantum computing, and disruption in the financial services industry. The book will serve as a valuable resourceto researchers interested in the future management challenges facing global organizations.

Bharat Thakkar, Ph.D., is CEO of PREM Group, Inc, a consulting firm in Wheaton, Illinois, USA, and an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA. He has expertise in design of systems packaging, reliability management, and heavy machinery design using reliability principles.