FRONTIERS OF CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT

About the Book

This reader-friendly book attempts to comprehend all the scattered and diverse understandings of Contemporary Management Thought in a systematic and structured manner into a nutshell. It will enable the reader to take a leap jump to the current frontiers of the turbulent and dynamic business world today. The first chapter comprises an in-depth analysis of the four parameters that govern modern business; Uncertainty, Ambiguity, Paradox and Chaos. Despite the fact that business executives fear and resent to deal with such realities, exponential financial gains can be made within very short periods by exploring the enormous business potential and emerging opportunities associated with them. The second chapter deals with the significance of knowledge in modern management with numerous value additions, supplemented by examples. The third chapter on Paradigms, a buzzword in modern management, encapsulates all the existing concepts with a new philosophical interpretation. Also, it highlights the missed opportunities owing to paradigm shifts and paradigm blindness and the need to redefine the corporate mission from an end-use perspective, rather than from the conventional end-user perspective. The fourth chapter identifies a global process error and summarizes the entire industrial revolution from a strategy evolution and transformation perspective.

About the Author

The Author possesses a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Physics, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, a Master’s Degree in Economics and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree for a fundamental research finding in Mathematics. He was an Instructor in Engineering Mathematics at the University of Peradeniya, a Senior Staff Analyst at the IBM World Trade Corporation for thirteen years, an Investment Advisor in the Colombo Stock Exchange, the Deputy Director (Research) of the State Intelligence Service, the Senior Trade Representative (Austrade) at the Australian High Commission in Colombo, the Director – Administration and Corporate Affairs of the Institute of Policy Studies, the Chairman of the National Apprentice & Industrial Training Authority, the Chairman of the Vocational Training Authority and the Advisor on Military Intelligence Analysis to the Ministry of Defence, in Sri Lanka. He had been a veteran Lecturer for military and business students on numerous M.Sc., MBA & MBS programs for two and a half decades, teaching Managerial Economics and Decision Making by emulating military thinking into business. As a Corporate Trainer, he has conducted cognitive employee development programs on Contemporary Management Thought and Advanced, Knowledge-based, Rational Decision Making in Sri Lanka as well as in the regional countries. Telephone : +94-11-2811765/2768714 E-mail : fcmcolonne@gmail.com Website : neworiginalthinking.com YouTube Channel : NEW ORIGINAL THINKING