Course Assessment Exercise : 20% Group Summary: 20% Group Work & Presentation : 20% Final Exam :40% Total Assessment : 100% 1–1 Assignments Thinking Critically About Ethics p48‚47 P98‚100 P119‚121 P162‚168 P183‚189 P203‚208 1–2 Critical Thinking 1 Information is power----those who have information have power. Because information gives people power‚ it’s human nature to want to keep that information and not share it. Knowledge hoarding is a business habit that’s hard to break
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thru people. 4. Controlling- monitor‚ compare‚ correcting work perf. Mintzberg Managerial Roles- 1. Interpersonal- involves people and other ceremonial/symbolic duties. Figurehead‚ leader‚ liaison. 2. Informational- involve collecting‚ receiving‚ and disseminating info. Monitor‚ disseminator‚ and Spokesperson. 3. Decisional-involves making choices. Entrepreneur‚ disturbance handler‚ resource allocator‚ and negotiator. Mintzberg 3 ways managing influence actions 1. By managing actions directly. 2
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Content No. | | Page No. | 1.0 | Introduction | 3 | 2.0 | Profile of Managers and their Archievement. | | | 2.1 - A Brief Profile of George Quek and a Summary of Archievement | 3 | | 2.2 - Decisional Role -Disturbance Handler | 4 | | 2.3 - A brief profile of Adrin Loi and a Summary of Archievement | 4 | | 2.4 – Interpersonal Role - Leader | 5 | 3.0 | Key Qualities for Success | | | 3.1 George Quek – Leadership Skill | 5 | | 3.2 Adrin Loi – Leadership
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Motivation Motivation can be defined as the extent to which persistent effort is directed toward a goal ( Campbell‚ Dunnette‚ Lawler &Weick ). Effort: The first aspect of motivation refers to the amount of effort being applied to the job. This effort must be defined in relation to its appropriateness to the objectives being pursued. One may‚ for example‚ apply tremendous effort to inappropriate tasks that do not contribute to the achievement of the stated goals. Persistence: The second
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Managerial Roles within Functional Areas of Business Adriana Tovar For a business to succeed there are lots of things and people required but among the most important people needed‚ the managers are the most essential and can make a difference between losing money and making profit. Cieślińska describes a manager as “a person who fulfills the primordial managerial functions (planning‚ organizing‚ motivating and controlling) and is the superior of given human team” (2007). There are managers at
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INTRODUCTION: In this assignment we have conducted interviews of two managers‚ of “Jeans Company Pvt Ltd”‚ at different hierarchical levels. We have also discussed different aspects and differences of working at different hierarchical levels. Name: Shahid Khan (Manager A) Designation: Senior Manager Operations a. Hierarchical Level: According to this company’s hierarchy he falls in the category of first-line manager. b. Major responsibilities/roles of the manager: Being head of the operations
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Johnson and thus comes the interpersonal issues. The other interpersonal roles like that of a liaison are also well demonstrated in this reading. Besides this‚ we also come to know of a manager as a decision taker‚ a resource allocator and a disturbance handler. It is shown that in an organization‚ people not only work at individual level but also have to collaborate in groups to accomplish some common goals. When working in groups‚ conflicts can arise due to difference in ideals‚ perceptions‚ personalities
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book‚ Mintzberg has stated the Mangement roles. According to Mintzberg‚ Interpersonal roles‚ Informational roles and Decisional roles are important to managers. Mintzberg detailly discuss about Interpersonal roles‚ which included Figure head‚ Leadership and Liaison. Mintzberg also provide example which can Indentify the activities of interpersonal roles. This text book is related to my reseach topic as it provide a lot of information on interpersonal roles. David Lamond‚ Henry Mintzberg vs Henri
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article ‘Crafting strategy’ (Mintzberg‚ 1987) in the wider context of prescriptive and emergent debate followed by strengths and weakness of the article. Placing the article in wider literature debate In ‘Crafting strategy’ Mintzberg distinguishes between planning strategy and crafting strategy. Mintzberg view on strategic planning is clear. “Strategic planning isn’t strategic thinking. One is analysis and the other is synthesis” (Mintzberg‚ 1994). According to Mintzberg the current practise of strategic
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Mintzberg‚ H. 1994‚ ‘rounding out the manager’s job: Managing through people‚ Sloan Management Review‚ vol 36‚ no.1‚ pp. 11. In this article Mintzberg reviewed that managing through people bringing them one step closer to managerial action instead of information roles. The author used Hawthorne’s organizational experiments as their data gained which demonstrated in 1930s to describe the importance of interpersonal roles. His research focused on the managerial roles‚ which are interpersonal‚ informational
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