Change of management paradigm? – Pilot survey at the university of economics prague

Abstract

The paper compares latest views of theorists and practitioners on development of management. Management as a scientific discipline develops over 150 years. During this period many new practices, processes, structures and techniques appeared. Some of them were remarkable management innovation that changed ways how things happen in organization. Recent years brought big changes like globalization, and ICT development to our lives. Theorists represented by J. Birkinshaw, G. Hamel, and H. Mintzberg think that these changes initiate new period of huge innovations in management, may be even the change of the paradigm. We do the research on whether practitioners see the shift in management predicted by academicians. The paper compares the ideas of academicians with results of the pilot survey of this research.