Far-reaching changes have been taking place in the economy over the past twenty years. Growth and diversification mark the long-term character of the… - Louis A. Allen

A manager is a leader who enables people to work most effectively together by performing primarily the work of planning, organizing, leading and controlling.

New and dynamic concepts of management and organization are evolving which are a measure of the span and the challenge of the business of tomorrow. These concepts are predicated upon the assumption that management is an identifiable, measurable, and transferable activity and that it can be mastered as can any other skill. Many of the older concepts of management and organization have been put to question and abandoned or replaced. Much of this new thinking has taken place so quietly and unobtrusively, even secretly, that it has not generally been reported. The fact is that some companies consider their methods of management and organization as much a competitive factor as marketing methods, applied research, or new production processes. And often they guard such information as carefully as other classified data about their businesses

Almost any business manager will affirm that sound organization is highly important to business success. Many will characterize organization as the foundation upon which the whole structure of management is built. Unfortunately, there are many differences of opinion as to the precise nature of organization, as of other aspects of management; and there is even less concurrence on what specific work must be accomplished in organizing.