Reference no: EM132317481

Topic - Introduction to Management

Learning outcomes - The work that you do in this topic will help you to achieve the following learning outcomes in the subject:

1. Critically analyse and evaluate a variety of management and organisational theories and practices in the context of the contemporary business environment.

2. Research and communicate effectively and professionally in a variety of organisational settings.

Learning activity 1 -

Can you think of any other implicit assumptions or gaps in the definitions above?

Take home message: don't accept uncritically what is written.

Learning activity 2 -

1. How would you differentiate the roles of managers and leaders in contemporary organisations?

2. Do you think this distinction is relevant in the current business environments that organisations face?

Learning activity 3 -

1. Thinking about the two perspectives of management covered above, which one are you more attracted to, and why?

2. If you were to re-write the definition of management, taking into account the critical thinking on the traditional perspective on management, above, what would you write?

Learning activity 4 -

1. To lock in your understanding of these core management and organisational theories, it will be useful to make some notes of the key ideas. To help you to do this, try completing the following table:

Theoretical perspective	Key ideas

Learning activity 5 -

1. Review your response to the elevator pitch activity. Identify the theoretical perspective/s you were operating from.

2. Having gained some explicit knowledge on management and organisational theory from the Samson, Donnet and Daft reading above, which of the theoretical perspectives are you most attracted to? There may be more than one. What attracts you to these perspectives, and what turns you away from the others?

3. How would you adjust your response to the elevator pitch?

Attachment:- Assignment File.rar