Organizational Management: An Introduction To Managing People <2026 Edition>

Traditional management often focused on "command and control"—a top-down approach where managers gave orders and employees followed them. Modern organizational management has shifted toward a .

While the psychology has changed, the classical functions of management (Fayol’s framework) still provide a useful skeleton. Let’s reinterpret them through a people-first lens.

Poor planning is the #1 source of employee anxiety. Planning with people means negotiating and goal alignment .