Writing Choose one of the following statements that best represents your beliefs. Write a one-page paper defending the statement and suggesting why the other statement is not correct in your opinion.

a. The best way to develop management skills is to work for a company for several years and observe successful managers doing their work. You can’t learn management from a book.

b. Management in the 21st century is very different from management in the past. The best managers take classes to study management activities and motivation theories rather than relying on experience.