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The characteristics and attributes that typify a managerial career are shifting along with developments in organization structure. The competencies needed by a successful manager in today's organizations may be inadequate in the emerging organizational forms of the 21st century. Based on an analysis of organizational trends, as well as on interviews and a questionnaire survey, we identify the mix of competencies required for a successful career in business organizations of the future. First, we describe careers in traditional hierarchical organizations. Next, we examine the impact on careers of the currently popular network form of organizing. Finally, we describe a new organizational form, the “cellular” structure, and its accompanying managerial characteristics and careers.
Allred et al. (Fri,) studied this question.