This article seeks to examine how recent structural and organizational changes could have had an impact on the role and work of managers in contemporary organizations with support of empirical data gathered from a case study undertaken in India. The article basically looks at issues like effects of recession, new work of managers, their managerial style and types of skills required to effectively fulfil the functions of managers.
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