U.S. Invasion in Iraq, most estimates claim 15,000 - 30,000 Iraqi and 1,600 coalition deaths. The Lancet recently estimated 100,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the invasion.
The regime of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is believed to have caused many deaths, but the exact number is unknown.
Furthermore, there are several wars and dictatorships continuing from the 20th century. Mostly the number of deaths they caused during the 21st century is unknown.
See also [2] (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/wars21c.htm).
As the twentieth century eases toward closure, there are indications that new performance are aborning.
Management in the twenty-first century appears destined to face the challenge of creating and re-creating ever more competitive and effective performance systems.
Indeed, one of the best paths to high performance at the turn of the twenty-first century appears to be in systematic, purposeful construction of a performance culture formed around the selected skills and attitudes of individual workers, augmented by intensive training within a performance culture.
The principal characteristic of control in the twentieth century was the control of the economy, and effectiveness of administration. In the old Courts of Accounts that were born in the European system, it was necessary to include these objectives.
At the end of the twentieth century, peoples and countries, and all the world are witnessing and participating in the most important technological change, we think, in all of the history of humanity.
While during the last centuries, the twentieth included, any country could develop different policies in an isolated manner, in these times, and in the near future, it will be necessary to develop the management of governments in accordance with common policies.