Behaviour - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1127) Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) Note: Each Question carries 10 marks. Answer all the questions. Q1. Q2. Q3. Q4. Q5. Q6. State the characteristics of management. What are the 14 principles of management of Henri Fayol? Distinguish between internal and external forces of change. Define emotional intelligence. Explain Goleman’s model of emotional intelligence. Explain the different leadership styles as per Managerial – Leadership Grid Theory. Mr. Suresh Kumar is
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History of OB Historically‚ different schools of thought have contributed to our understanding of the science and art of modern organisational behaviour and management. We will examine three major phases or schools of development during the beginning of this century. These phases include the Classical School characterized by scientific management and administrative theory that was prominent in the 1930s and 1940s. Second‚ we will consider the Behavioural school that rose to prominence in the
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27.08.2014 ORGANIZATION SCIENCE RATIONAL SYSTEMS Handelshøyskolen BI Thorvald Hærem‚ Ph.D‚ Associate Professor Organization Science Fall Course layout S Week H Theme Scott& Davis 1 34 4 Introduction‚ Organizations as rational‚ natural & open systems Ch 1 2 35 4 Organizations as Rational systems Hand out case 1 Ch 2 The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management.doc The introduction to Taylor’s "Scientific Management (1911). Thompson;1967_Orgs_in_action_chap_5__6
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21st CENTURY MANAGEMENT Management function is one of the most significant social activities. Management has been present in this world since the commencement of societies. Administration is the skill‚ or knowledge‚ of reaching targets via individuals. As administrators also organize‚ administration may be inferred to mean accurately “looking over” i.e.‚ making sure people do what they are supposed to do. More broadly‚ management is the process of designing and maintaining and environment in which
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performance‚ clear lines of authority‚ and strict rules and procedures. The clear lines of authority together with strict rules and procedures were criticised for ignoring individual differences and promoting impersonal relationships between staff. Henri Fayol emphasised the role of Administrative Management. He advocated the notion that all activities that occur in the business environment could be separated into six categories: technical‚ commercial‚ financial‚ security‚ accounting and managerial. Administrative
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Since the Industrial Revolution began over two hundred years ago‚ management practices have had to develop and become more clearly defined. The increasing mechanisation and automation that occurred changed how goods and services were produced dramatically. New theories and disciplines emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century as a response to these challenges facing management in a more industrialised age. These new ideas‚ known as The Classical Approaches to management became the essential
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Organizational structure refers to the way that an organization arranges people and jobs so that its work can be performed and its goals can be met. When a work group is very small and face-to-face communication is frequent‚ formal structure may be unnecessary‚ but in a larger organization decisions have to be made about the delegation of various tasks. Thus‚ procedures are established that assign responsibilities for various functions. It is these decisions that determine
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transformation propelled by the identification of the Hawthorne Effect. This Human Relations Movement focused on teams‚ motivation‚ and the actualization of the goals of individuals within organizations.Prominent early scholars included Chester Barnard‚ Henri Fayol‚ Frederick Herzberg‚ Abraham Maslow‚ David McClelland‚ and Victor Vroom. Scientific Management • Scientific management is defined as the use of the scientific method to define the “one best way” for a job to be done. • Frederick
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the levels of "managerial thuggery" (Rose 1988) that Taylor promoted. There already existed high levels of worker-management conflict‚ and Taylors approach merely heightened the tensions that it had set out to tackle. Taylors view‚ and later‚ Henri Fayol ’s view of how an organisation could be managed solely focused on the productivity of the worker and how efficiently work could be carried out. It did not take into account the morale of employees or any of their emotional needs‚ resulting in a
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efficient manner through planning‚ organising‚ leading and controlling organisational resources’. (Daft and Marcic‚ 2009) There are many definitions of management. Classical theorists such as Fayol and Taylor believed in applying universal principles to achieve ‘one best way’ of management. Henri Fayol emphasised ‘command and control’ and taught the five functions of management as; planning‚ organising‚ commanding‚ co-ordinating and controlling. Taylor in the Principles of Scientific Management
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