Top managers should be future‐oriented and capable of sharing the “big picture” with their people. They need to be bridge builders, able to lead the workforce out of the industrial and into the post‐industrial age.

The rapid emergence of the microelectronics revolution has led to an upsurge of new business enterprises in the information technology field. The entrepreneurial skills required to turn a take‐off venture into a successful business enterprise are substantially different from those required to...

Plans are underway for the next 25–50 years in space. The days of “mission control” may be waning. More study and research is recommended on issues of leadership for (a) earth‐based projects in space, and (b) space‐based programmes with managers there of manned or unmanned projects....

Successful management not only actively promotes team spirit, but installs the mechanisms and the means to develop team skills and to enhance team roles. Today′s managers are challenged to make a transition from the traditional way of operating or doing business, to experimenting with new...