The educated person in the next millennium

There are many questions about how new communication technologies are going to impact all organizations and what changes such mediated communication tools will have on all of society. One question that should be addressed in this kind of conference can be succinctly stated as follows: Given the rapid changes in information and communication technology, does anything that is offered in existing management curricula really pertain to the kinds of organizations that will exist in the very near future? That is a legitimate question for there is no question that the kinds of technological innovations that have occurred and will continue to occur at an increasing rate are going to change the nature of the workplace as well as all other aspects of life as: we know it. Technology, especially the kind of high-speed communication/information technology being developed, does not change anything in an additive manner. Rather, it changes everything, always. That we are going to be electronically interconnected within our own work environments and with the world via relatively unexplored channels like the Internet, CD-ROMs, cellular communication equipment, personal digital assistants and other electronic innovations is a fact. That the nature of work and communication patterns will be forced to change as we become even more technologically sophisticated is simply not debatable. We intuitively accept the fact that this explosive change has occurred already and will continue to occur