Overview
During the past seven weeks, you have been on a journey to better understand the concept of management and how today’s and tomorrow’s managers and leaders will need to navigate complexity. This learning activity will help you pull together what you have learned so that you can use it in your careers.
Note: The links to all the course materials needs for this assignment can be found at the end of this document.
Requirements
• Reflect on each of the previous seven weeks.
• Briefly describe eight management concepts (one from each week) that you can apply to your management career.
• Be as specific as you can.
• Whenever referencing concepts from course materials, be sure to provide in-text citations and references.
• Use the grading rubric while completing the project to ensure all requirements are met that will lead to the highest possible grade.
• Third person writing is required.
o Third person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second person writing).
o If uncertain how to write in the third person, review the Quick and Dirty Tips at http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person.
• Contractions are not used in business writing, so do not use them.
• Paraphrase and do not use direct quotation marks. Paraphrase means you do not use more than four consecutive words from a source document but put a passage from a source document into your own words and attribute the passage to the source document. Not using direct quotation marks means that there should be no passages with quotation marks and, instead, the source material is paraphrased as stated above.
• Provide the page or paragraph number when using in-text citations. Note that a reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.
• You may only use the course material from the classroom. You may not use books or any resource from the Internet.
Self-Plagiarism
Self-plagiarism is the act of reusing significant, identical or nearly identical portions of one’s own work. You cannot re-use any portion of a paper or other graded work that was submitted to another class even if you are retaking this course. You also will not reuse any portion of previously submitted work in this class. A zero will be assigned to the assignment if self-plagiarized. Faculty do not have the discretion to accept self-plagiarized work.
Assigned Course Materials to Use for this Assignment:
Week 1 Course Materials:
Why Study Organizational Theory?
• eBook Resource: Why Study Organizational Theory?
• eBook Resource: Classical Perspectives
• eBook Resource: Behavioral Perspectives
• eBook Resource: Modern Thinking
• eBook Resource: Evolving Organizations
Introduction to Management
• Video Resource: Evolution of the Twenty-First Century Manager
• eBook Resource: Introduction to Management: Challenges in Management
Organizational Structure and Diversity
• eBook Resource: Organizational Structure: Trends in Organization
• eBook Resource: Organizational Structure: Trends in Organizational Diversity
• eBook Resource: Core Requirements of Successful Managers
Week 2 Course Materials:
Principles of Management and Leadership
• eBook Resource: Principles of Management
• eBook Resource: Leadership vs Management
Managing Organizational Change and Innovation
• eBook Resource: Adapting and Innovating
• eBook Resource: Technology and Innovation
• eBook Resource: Managing Change for Organizations
• eBook Resource: Managing Change for Employees
Strategic Management
• eBook Resource: Porter’s Competitive Strategies
• eBook Resource: Creating Strategy: Common Approaches
Week 3 Course Materials:
Part 1: The Mission Statement
• eResource: The Mission Statement
• Article: Mission and Vision Statements
Part 2: Strategy
• EBook Resource: Strategic Management
• eBook Resource: Creating Strategy: Common Approaches
• eBook Resource: Common Types of Corporate Strategies
• eBook Resource: The Planning Process
• eBook Resource: Types of Plans
• eBook Resource: The Planning Cycle
Part 3: Leadership
• eBook Resource: Defining Leadership: The Role of Vision
Week 4 Course Materials:
Part 1: Organizational Strategy Analysis Tool
• eBook Resource: SWOT Analysis
• eBook Resource: External Inputs to Strategy
• eBook Resource: Internal Analysis Inputs to Strategy
Part 2: Strategic Management
• eBook Resource: Strategic Management Planning Tools
• eBook Resource: The Importance of Strategy and Making Strategy Effective
• Article: Setting Goals and Objectives
Part 3: Ethics
• Ethics, An Overview
• Business Stakeholder
• Maintaining Ethical Standards
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Ethical Responsibilities of Management
Week 5 Course Materials:
Part 1: What Is the Organizing Function?
• Article: Importance of Organizing
Part 2: Human Resource Management
• eBook Resource: Human Resource Management
Part 3: Organizational Culture and Local and International Management
• eBook Resource: Defining Organization
• eBook Resource: Factors to Consider in Organizational Design
• eBook Resource: Common Organizational Structures
• eBook Resource: Culture
• eBook Resource: Shaping Organizational Culture
• Article: Difference Between Organizational Culture and Structure
Week 6 Course Materials:
Part 1: What Is Leadership?
• eBook Resource: Leadership
• Video Resource: What Is Leadership?
Part 2: Leading and Motivating
• Article: Leading and Motivating
• eBook Resource: Motivating an Organization
• eBook Resource: Employee Needs and Motivation
• eBook Resource: Process and Motivation
• eBook Resource: Decision Making in Management
• eBook Resource: Rational and Nonrational Decision Making
• eBook Resource: Conditions for Making Decisions
• eBook Resource: Decision Making Process
Part 3: Communication Effectiveness
• eBook Resource: Understanding Communication
• eBook Resource: Management and Communication
• eBook Resource: Barriers to Effective Communication
• eBook Resource: Improving Communication Effectiveness
Week 7 Course Materials:
Part 1: Measuring Success of a Plan
• eBook Resource: Control Process
• eBook Resource: Types of Control
• eBook Resource: Bureaucratic and Quality Control Tools and Techniques
• eBook Resource: Financial and Project Management Tools of Control
• eBook Resource: Scorecard Management
• eBook Resource: Managing Control
• eBook Resource: Managing Productivity
Part 2: Human Resource Management
• eBook Resource: Purpose of Human Resource Management
• eBook Resource: Legal Structure
• eBook Resource: Core Functions of Human Resource Management
• eBook Resource: Employee Evaluation and Management, in Detail
Week 8 Course Materials:
Part 1: Systems Thinking
• Article: Systems Thinking
• Video Resource: Systems Thinking
• Article: Ten Principles of Collaborative Organizations
Part 2: Agile Thinking
• Article: An Introduction to Business Agility
• Article: Being Agile — Being Future-Proof
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