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Barbara Bilodeau is the director of Bain’s Advanced Analytics Group in the New York office.  \nCopyright © 2018 Bain & Company, Inc. All rights reserved.  \nManagement Tools & Trends  \nTechnology breakthroughs continue to reshuffle industries and shift competition, changing the ways we work, manage and organize. The persistence and power of this ongoing digital transformation is evident in the results ofour most recent Management Tools & Trends survey, as managers embrace digital tools like Advanced Analytics and the Internet of Things. Just as striking, digital natives and established technology companies are turning novel management and organizational concepts into operational realities as they move away from hierarchical structures and embrace Agile Management, accelerating innovation and pushing power and responsibility to the front line.  \nThe broad move to empower teams is happening across industries, from small regional firms to major multinationals, and in both emerging and developed markets. Of the 1,268 managers who participated in Bain & Company’s latest Management Tools & Trends survey, conducted in the fall of 2017, 4 out of 5 agreed with the idea that today’s business leaders must trust and empower people, not command and control them. Only 5% disagreed (see Figure 1) .  \nBain has surveyed executive behavior and attitudes 16 times over the past 25 years, each survey a snapshot of a moment in history (see the sidebar, “A history of Bain’s Management Tools & Trends survey”). Combined, they span a full range of economic cycles, becoming something more like a motion picture, elucidating longterm shifts and exposing momentary fads. Business cycles and changing theories of management affect the popularity of individual tools and trends (see Figure 2) . So do more specific factors, such as how well an individual tool works.  \nTopping the list of the 25 most popular management tools (see Figure 3) is Strategic Planning, the process of determining what a business should become and how it can best achieve that goal. Perennially among the top 10, this time Strategic Planning ranks No. 1 based on global usage (see Figure 4)—a reflection, at least in part, of the challenges and opportunities raised by digital technologies. As companies navigate this so-called fourth industrial revolution, hoping to grow and thrive in a quickly changing environment, understanding how to be of value to customers only becomes more  \nFigure 1  \n The view on management trends  \nAgree Disagree  \n\n| Today’s business leaders must trust and empower people, not command and control them | 79% | 5% |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Culture is at least as important as strategy for business success | 75% | 8% |\n| Supply chain capabilities are increasingly vital to success in our industry | 67% | 9% |\n| Digital disruptions and software solutions are rapidly changing the rules of competition | 66% | 9% |\n| We are disciplined cost managers who focus our spending on strategic priorities | 63% | 13% |\n| Customers are less loyal to brands than they used to be | 61% | 15% |\n| We could dramatically boost innovation by collaborating with outsiders, even competitors | 59% | 15% |\n| Excessive complexity is raising our costs and hindering our growth | 58% | 16% |\n| Bureaucracy and excessive levels of hierarchy are putting us at a competitive disadvantage | 56% | 20% |\n| Effective mergers and acquisitions will be critical to success in our industry | 56% | 19% |\n| We talk about digital strategies, but aren’t operationalizing them fast enough | 56% | 19% |\n| Our company adapts to change faster and better than our competitors do | 56% | 20% |\n| We innovate through rapid prototyping and collaborative testing with end users | 54% | 18% |\n| We capture and exploit the full value of data from al","cbCaia6bY429MzsQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaia6bY429MzsQ","pdf",2696359,16,"English","# Management Tools & Trends survey overview\n## Digital transformation and new management realities\n## Empowering teams across industries\n## Trends over time and tool popularity\n## Strategic Planning as the top tool","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of Bain’s Management Tools \\u0026 Trends survey?\",\"answer\":\"It tracks executive behavior and attitudes over time, providing snapshots of management practices across different moments in history.\"},{\"question\":\"What major management shift does the report emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"Leaders increasingly focus on trusting and empowering people rather than command-and-control approaches.\"},{\"question\":\"Which management tool is ranked No. 1, and why?\",\"answer\":\"Strategic Planning ranks No. 1 based on global usage, reflecting challenges and opportunities from digital technologies and a rapidly changing environment.\"}]","Management Tools & Trends - By Darrell Rigby and Barbara Bilodeau - Survey background and key findings | PDF",1789872126]