Nathan Caesar Management Digital

Those avid followers of this blog (really, there's no one?) will remember the discussion around the idea of a four day working week within my Future Technology in Management post. The notion that technological advances could see an organisational push for less working hours has seen a shift due to global affairs- this time with Coronavirus fuelling this idea of a four day working week. A recent article has boosted these claims by explaining that businesses could introduce a 10-4 approach (10 days off, 4 days on) to slowly reintroduce employees back into the workplace. Although this idea has merit, this does also negate the positive attributes related to a shortened working week. The argument could be had that families will struggle to pay bills on these reduced working hours, risk of further virus spread and a decrease in productivity due to such a lengthy break in between working periods. A Cultural Shift With such a modern day historical event taking place, what follows is

Henry Mintzberg is an author and academic mind that inspired a substantial amount of innovative thinking around business and management. Alongside his thoughts around categorising a manager into three different roles (see below), he also discussed in his blog that management should be taught at a younger age; allowing for a progression towards management education.  Like Mintzberg, I am also intrigued by this notion that management can be taught earlier in our lives- however, maybe even much earlier than his discussed higher education idea. Is there the opportunity for these learning habits to be transferred at secondary school level or younger? We are exposed to many different learning scenarios whilst at school- with opportunities to experiment with our communicative methods, be creative with our problem solving and even chances to volunteer in professional settings. As much as these skills are valuable- I believe this could go one step further and reach into the realm of