Management principles, processes, and systems are obsolete!

So, how is this possible? The majority of management principles, processes, and systems practiced in our organizations today was developed in the first half of the 20th century. Some of the most obvious examples include: (1) work analysis and standardization pioneered by Frederick Winslow Taylor in the late 1900s, (2) management principles such as unity of command, subordination and remuneration defined by Henri Fayol in 1910s, (3) mass production using assembly line technique established by Henry Ford also in 1910s, (4) divisional structure introduced by GM and DuPont in 1920s, (5) statistical process control championed by W. Edwards Deming during 1940s, and (6) management by objectives popularized by Peter Drucker in the mid 1950s. 

Even though everything changed around them, and they had to adapt to changes in their operational core, for some reason organizations haven’t changed their management practices. The divergent trajectory of organizations and their environments is becoming more evident, widening the gap that is becoming more difficult to bridge.