Recently, in my workplace, the IT department went through a reorganization phase, which resulted in many people changing or gaining job roles. Our manager appointed and delegated some of her responsibilities to someone who has been on our team for many years, which officially makes them our team lead. The only issue I have with this individual, and so do others, is their style of managing that happens to be micromanaging. Her style of managing has created a tense working environment that makes it difficult to work in each day. Everyone seems to be on the edge all the time and each day there seems to less positive energy detected. Myself as well as other co-workers agree that management should be informed and suggestions should be made to either reconsider a different team lead or have management work with our team lead to make them aware of the situation and work on a plan that will improve her management style. Using the rational approach to change, management can develop a plan for the change initiative and improve the chance of success in the organization.
Rational change depends on a plan that takes into account dissatisfaction (D), model of change (M), process (P), resistance (R), and amount of change (C) required. These factors combine in a formula (C=D×M×P>R) that estimates the amount of change anticipated. In this regard, it is easy to understand the expected success and causes of failure. Rational approach to change, unlike emotional approach, is not entirely
This report will be look into extent to which the Managerial Escalator, the Managerial Hybrid and Managerial Gap (Rees and Porter, 2008) fits in the experience of two managers. This report focus on two parts; firstly on giving the details on theories explained by Rees and Porter. Secondly this report will analyze and discuss the results from both managers with managerial responsibilities, their process to achieve current position, difficulties in the role of being manager, what motivate them to work and if they got support from their mentors etc. It was found that their working styles match the concept of managerial escalator.
Organizational theory as it applies to health care introduces a complex and challenging situation. The health care environment introduces challenges to a structured organization which may not be present in traditional business. For example, measuring output may be difficult in an environment of daily uncertainty, it would be nearly impossible to predict or plan for all of the specific tasks, activities and business interactions in any one unit in the hospital setting. Additional challenges include complex, variable work that cannot often be deferred, work performed under emergency circumstances, high degree of
Management has experienced remarkable shifts in the way that organizations conduct business particularly in the last century, due to the evolving workplace as well as tremendous changes in the roles of leaders in organizations. Early managers often relied on authoritative tactics to get the job done, which we have learned from history does not work very well for many modern organizations. In this paper, I will be analyzing the management approach my organization takes and whether this is the best approach to meet organizational goals and whether or not my organization may benefit from adopting a different approach or combining multiple approaches.
This paper investigates the relationship between irrational ideas, emotion and resistance to change. Nine organizations implementing major change were surveyed providing data from 615 respondents. The analysis showed that irrational ideas are positively correlated with behavioural intentions to resist change. Irrational ideas and emotion together explain 44 percent of the variance in intentions to resist. Also outlines an intervention strategy to guide management in developing a method for approaching resistance when implementing major change.
With the support of relevant examples, examine the development of management theories and how these theories may affect the management practices in PRIMARK:
As every individual is unique and differentiated, their reactions towards changes are different eventually. It is suggested by Carnall (2007) that people, who face changes, move through five important stages. The majority of people would refuse to change initially; this first stage is called denial. If the group of people is powerful and reluctant to change, the pressure on people, who are positive to change, can hold them down. A solution to this could be giving them time to adjust. Following the denial stage is defence. People at this stage begin to realise the existence of the change, but vaguely. In the beginning, they may feel anxious, frustrated and possibly depressed as they are aware of the change ahead. During the discarding stage, people actually get to experience the change and may find it difficult to follow at first. They get stressed easily and need lots of supports. Organistions start to feel relieved when people reach stage four – adaption. People are familiar with the changes now and although the process is low most of the time, the performance should be improved as the change plan is heading to the right direction. The last stage is
This paper is unique in its approach in connecting readings for a theory of management from the theories of management course with the readings for a theory of leadership from leadership assessment and development course in that they have combined into one; an institutional theory of leadership. This integration of the two in a natural combination does argue and support the connections of varying fundamental aspects of leadership with institutional theory. The paper will explore and explain an institutional theory of leadership and how it is supported by the literature in both courses as a successful and academically sound integration.
The ideals and understanding behind management has varied largely throughout recent years and new theories and strategies have been developed to help managers and organizations succeed. The ability to succeed for any business or organization relies heavily on the abilities of the manager. No managerial position is the same as there are a multitude of variances and the organization’s industry in which they conduct business is key. An example of a specific industry with immense managerial needs is the construction industry. “Construction project management is the strategic planning, coordination, and overall control of a construction project from start to finish.”1 Karl Hinkle is the current vice president of Tarraf Construction based in Eden Prairie Minnesota. He sought education at Saint John’s University for two years, pursuing a math degree. He then eventually transferred to Mankato State University, which was his hometown. At the time Karl was transferring, construction management was a new subject at Mankato State and he decided to give it a try. Using his previous experiences as a carpenter and internships, and his newly found degree in construction management Karl set out into the real world construction industry. Initially he took a project management job at Langer Construction before being recruited to Tarraf in later years. Tarraf Construction is a medium sized construction contractor with earnings of roughly 14-15$ million per year. Karl has worked his way up
According tot the Administrative Management Theory, management is the process of getting certain tasks completed through the use of people. In this theory developed by Henri Fayol, he believes that it was very important to have the use of a multiplied of people instead of just relying on one person alone. Henri Fayol is known today as the “Father of Modern Management”, his theory has shaped what is know today as the Administrative Model, which relies on Fayols fourteen principles of management. These principles have been a significant influence on modern management; they have helped early 20th century manager learn how to organize and interact with their employees in a productive way. Fayols principles of management were the ground work in which his theory was formed. He believed highly in the division of work throughout a project and within the project he believed that the task at hand had to be done with a certain level of discipline in order for the division of work to be able to run smoothly without error.
The main focus behind the development of management theory is the quest for good ways to make use of managerial means. Management theory evolves constantly with the continuous stream of new ideas that come from the attempts to transform theory into practice, and vice versa (Aguinaldo & Powell, 2002). Progression in management theory normal happen as key personnel discover great methods to accomplish the most important management responsibilities: planning, organiz-ing, leading, and controlling human and other managerial means. This paper will show how man-agement theory having to do with suitable management processes has emerge in modern times, and view the main aspects that have led to its prosperity.
While the amount of money is low on a percentage basis, it is a bigger financial sacrifice because many providers operate individually and correlate each cash outflow as money out of their pocket making them much more cautious than the larger treatment providers.
To better understand how management can be applied in real life, I interviewed Ms. Nga Pham, who is a sales manager of a real estate company called NAMHOUSE. I met her in a summer course and became greatly impressed with her viewpoint of management. Although Nga does not have formal education and certificate in real estate, she is an expert in this field through multiple experiences and self-training. Her daily tasks often include coaching or instructing her subordinates and team members, delegating tasks for employees and building customer relationships.
Monitor: Seeks and receives wide variety of special information to develop through understanding of organisation & environment. Nerve centre of internal and external information.
Small, medium or large companies, have one thing in common, make profit, and to make profit we need to make sure that the income has covered all the costs.
Science is the process of getting things done in correct order. It is the way of coordinating and gathering information’s of day to day knowledge, and used knowledge to formulate rules, law of principles. In National Humanities Centre (2005, P. 2)