Abstract
M.Com. (Industrial Psychology)
It is in the interest of the modern organisation to have control
over the physical passage of time. The passage of time impl ies
change and it is often the way in which change is handled that
determines the success or failure of the organisation.
Although the manager has a wide variety of means at his disposal
with which he can manipulate concrete physical time within his
managerial functions, it is especially his ability to move
psychologically in time, either to the past or to the future, that
enables him to control the passage of time. The manager's ability
to orientate himself towards should, therefore, play an
important part in the successful execution of his managerial
functions.
The importance of time orientation in management is not only self evident,
but time orientation itself is increasingly receiving
attention as a fundamental determinant of human behavior...