CONTEXTUALIZING MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS THEORIES FOR AFRICA Term Paper Organizational Theory MOI UNIVERSITY – NAIROBI CAMPUS Presented to : Dr. Komen Presented By: Mohammed Shakeel Salyani SBE/D/101/12 Table of Contents 1. The issue of the applicability of extant theories of management and business to the African context. 2 2. The underlying assumptions and prescriptions of dominant management theories and to what extent are they relevant to African challenges and
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Stakeholders and Organizations Stakeholders are persons or groups that affect or are affected by an organization. They fulfill many roles within organizations. What is the most significant role stakeholders play in an organization? Why? How do stakeholders acting in this role influence the organization ’s mission‚ vision‚ and strategy? The answer to this question depends to a large degree who the stakeholder is and whether it is a market or nonmarket stakeholder (Lawrence & Weber‚ 2011). However
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What is a primary source versus a secondary source? Please describe each and provide an example of each kind of source that we have used in the class so far. A primary source is a first-hand eyewitness account of an event or time period. Most of the time it is written or made during‚ or close to‚ the event or time period. It could be a creative writing‚ a primary source‚ a historical or legal document‚ work of art‚ music records‚ but original‚ not interpretive. A secondary source is a second-hand
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metaphors‚ complex understanding is perhaps more often derived from a synthesis of different metaphors than from a single one. Due to the reasons above‚ this short essay will critically analyze the phenomenon of diversity based on the below two metaphors: instrument of domination and brain. Instrument of domination is a metaphor which focuses on the imbalanced power within organization. In the view of Morgan‚ organizations are class-based phenomena characterized by deep-rooted divisions between the interests
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The Organization as a Person: Utilizing Metaphoric Analysis to Transform Organizations Leadership Advance Online– Issue XV‚ Winter 2008 by Antonio G. Marchesi What is an organization? Is it a place‚ a process or a person? Individuals at all levels of employment often wrestle with what many deem to be the daunting task of succinctly articulating the nature of the organization. Countless texts exist that attempt to provide a model for describing the construct and function of organizations. However
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TUI University Paul A. Krasulski Module 2 Case Assignment: Organizations as Organisms MGT 501: Management and Organizational Behavior Dr. Peter Haried 7 February 2011 Abstract This paper will compare the military unit (for discussion purposes‚ the US Military) and the symphony orchestra noting both similarities and differences and the degree to which applying systems thinking helps one understand both. This paper will structure its comparison as follows: parts one and two‚ the most important
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LEADING & MANAGING ORGANIZATION [Type the document subtitle] [Type the company name] Table of Contents LEADING & MANAGING ORGANIZATION 1 LEADING & MANAGING IN ORGANIZATION 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION: 3 3.0 PORTFOLIO: 2 7 4.0 PORTFOLIO: 3 11 5.0 PORTFOLIO: 4 13 6.0 REFERENCES: 17 Figure 1: STRESS PLANNING & MANAGEMENT 5 Figure 2: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT‚ COMMUNICATION & PROBLEM SOLVIING 7 Figure 3: NEED HIERARCHY MODEL 8 Figure 4: THEORY X & THEORY
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see the change as good and needed often find it difficult to believe how far the opposition will go to put a stop to the change. Phase 4 : There is still a possibility that the resisters will mobilise enough support to shift the balance of power from the supporters. Wisdom is necessary in dealing
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social identity What are Teams? “Teams are groups of two or more people who interact and influence each other‚ are mutually accountable for achieving common objectives‚ and perceive themselves as a social entity within an organization. ” McShane and Travaglione (2007‚ p.266) Types of Teams ➢ departmental teams ➢ production/service teams ➢ self-directed work teams ➢ advisory teams ➢ task force (project teams) ➢ skunkworks ➢ temporary work
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increasing at alarming rate and the power demand has been running ahead of supply. It is also now widely recognized that the fossil fuels (i.e.‚ coal‚ petroleum and natural gas) and other conventional resources‚ presently being used for generation of electrical energy‚ may not be either sufficient or suitable to keep pace with ever increasing demand of the electrical energy of the world. Also generation of electrical power by cold based steam power plant or nuclear power plants causes pollution‚ which
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