Q1: Discuss some of the ways that organizations and jobs have changed over the past ten years. What changes do you anticipate over the next ten years? How might these changes affect the manager's job and the skills that a manager needs to be successful?

Q2: A college professor told her students, "The purpose of a management course is to teach students about management, not to teach them to be managers." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Discuss.

Q3: Why do some organizations seem to have a new CEO every year or two, whereas others have top leaders who stay with the company for many years? What factors about the manager or about the company might account for this difference?