Competitive edge is important in a company's sustainability.

1. Leadership and Management in Conceptual Age

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Administration or management
Determinative function:
Setting objectives,
policies, & plans
Executive function:
Act of putting into practice the policies and plans

3. Conceptual
Human
Technical
Top
management
Middle
management
Supervision
Skills
Skill distribution at various management levels
Skills

4. Why conceptual skill is important?
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
21st Century
Creative Age
Concept workers
BIG data
Creative Age

5. Conceptual skills
Innovation
In-born Attributes
Learned & developed (Skills)
Conceptual skills: ability to think analytically; to visualize an organization as a whole; and
understand how parts work together.
Imaginative

6. Look at the chart and say what you see….
YELLOW BLUE ORANGE
BLACK RED GREEN
PURPLE YELLOW RED
If you…
Try to say “color”Try to read “word”

7. Human skills: ability to work with,
understand, motivate people
(individually or in group)
Negotiation
Motivation
Listening Communication
Influencing
Delegation
In-born Attributes
Learned & developed (Skills)

8. Not hiring for skills but for attitude because we can always
teach skills!