Historical Development of Management Thought

1. MGF1010: Introduction to Management
Week 3:
Historical Development of
Management Thought
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2. Your Tutor (me)
Nathan Eva
– nathan.eva@monash.edu
– 9903 4065
– Building N Level 5 Room 14
– www.slideshare.net/nathaneva
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3. Last Week
• Explain the 4 management functions of Planning, Leading,
Organising & Controlling.
• Explain Mintzberg’s Roles.
• Explain Katz’s skills and which managers they relate to.
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4. Assignment Reminder
• Due Week 6
• On Weeks 2 and 4 material
• 1,500 words (+/- 10%)
• Worth 15%
• Minimum 5 Journal Articles
• Moodle is the place for lots of information goodies
• Need more help? Click here =)
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5. Test
• Why Management
• Organisations
• Skills, Roles, Functions
• Management Theory
• Theorists
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6. Well done =)
• Why Management
• Organisations
• Skills, Roles, Functions
• Management Theory
• Theorists
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7. Journal Search
• http://monash.edu/library/databases/
• Right hand side
– ProQuest
– Business Source Complete
– Emerald
– Newsbank (newspapers)
• Key words i.e. Competitors AND McDonalds
• http://scholar.google.com.au/
• https://news.google.com.au/nwshp?hl=en
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8. Journal Search
• Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Journals
• Preferably after 2000 (even better post 2010)
• Read the Abstract to see if it is relevant
• Control + F to find the information you need
• Take note of
– Author
– Title
– Journal Name, Volume, Issues and Page Numbers
• “Direct quoting” needs the exact page number
(p.314)
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9. Journal Search
• Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Journals
• Preferably after 2000 (even better post 2010)
• Read the Abstract to see if it is relevant
• Control + F to find the information you need
• Take note of
– Author
– Title
– Journal Name, Volume, Issues and Page Numbers
• “Direct quoting” needs the exact page number
(p.314)
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10. McDonalds
• From the information in the above material and your
knowledge of McDonald’s and other fast-food establishments,
how do such establishments conform to each of Taylor’s four
principles of scientific managements?
• What are the factors that would lead an organisation to adopt
operating principles similar to scientific management?
• Is there evidence of any of the other schools of management
thinking in how McDonald’s operates? Such as for example,
General Administrative Theory, Quantitative or Organisational
Behaviour?
• Is there evidence of any of the emerging trends and issues
influencing McDonald’s operations and management practices
today? Why and how?
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11. Week 3 Lecture
• Explain and give examples of the specific
environment.
• Explain and give examples of the general
environment.
• Distinguish between the omnipotent view and the
symbolic view of management.
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