Table of Contents:
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Managers¡ responsibility in the office and in society.
3.0 Employees¡ responsibility in the office and in society.
4.0 Changing for the future.
5.0 Who is affected and to what degree.
6.0 Conclusion and Summary
7.0 Bibliography.
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1.0 Introduction
Management is the process of planning, organizing and staffing, directing and controlling
activities in an organization in a systematic way in order to achieve a specific goal. From time in
memorial, society has undergone the management process. For example, in the African context, the chiefs led the clan and either the Prince or a Chief Warrior led the warriors. Comparing this scenario to the Western world, take for example Britain and Spain was and is led by the Queen and King respectively while the United States was and is led by a President. From the above it is a clear indication that they were appointed and had responsibilities and duties (as clear as any organization would refer to its leaders).
Social dimensions in management refer to both the societal changes as well as managerial changes that affect the working environment. This paper is written to tackle these changes from all angles.
2.0 Manager¡s responsibility in the office and in society.
A manager¡s responsibility both in the office and out there is to uphold his duties both as an employee of an organization and as a member of society. Society is fundamentally based upon performance and profit, it is not unusual to find that it is necessary to impart a sense of corporate responsibility with regard to contemporary commerce. The ethical approaches of purpose, principle and consequence are integral components of business social performance; itemizing these contributions finds one incorporating the interests of ethics and morality within the corporate structure, essential concepts tha...