THE WILL TO MANAGE

Abstract

This first issue of Management Decision introduces a new contribution to the literature of management. The editorial policy of this quarterly will be to publish articles on management subjects that will be of interest and value to the growing class of managers in this country who consider themselves to be true professionals—i.e., who have deliberately chosen the field of management as a challenging career, and who take it seriously enough to master the techniques and skills that are as essential to success in management as they are in any other profession. It may therefore be timely, in this first issue, to comment briefly on the present state of the management profession in the U.K., and the literature currently available to it.