The theory of Management has seen many different approaches to overcoming work place conflict and structural challenges through out history. For thousands of years, managers have wrestled with the same issues and problems confronting executives today. What is a manager? What is there function? The Chinese sometime around 1100 B.C. realized they needed to answer this question. They developed a form of management to succeed in their work functions. This creative problem solving is accomplished …showed first 75 words of 1313 total…

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