Underlying key issues of management and organisational behaviour, these include attention to:
-organisational democracy with, for example, greater attention to employee participation and empowerment, and the personal touch;
-structures of people, concerns for the re-evaluation of work/life balance including demands for flexible working arrangements;
-the importance of the contexts of culture and the impact of external environmental influences;
-ethical and social values, the need for organisations to be more transparent and for more open relationships;
-strategic approaches to human resource management and effective management of people;
-renewed focus on effective organisational performance including primary objectives of survival, growth and development, and profitability;
-interrelationships among management, organisational behaviour, goals and strategy, human resource management and organisational effectiveness.