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Assignment ADL-01
Assignment 'A'
1)The schools of management thought are theoretical frameworks for the study of
management. Each of the schools of management thought are based on somewhat
different assumptions about human beings and the organizations for which they work.Over
time, management thinkers have sought ways to organize and classify the voluminous
information about management that has been collected and disseminated. These attempts
at classification have resulted in the identification of management schools.Disagreement
exists as to the exact number of management schools. Different writers have identified as
few as three and as many as twelve. According to me Five major schools of management
thoughts
(1) the classical school, (2) the behavioral school, (3) the quantitative or management
science school, (4) the systems school, (5) and the contingency school.
The behavioral science school was a natural progression of the human relations
movement. It focused on applying conceptual and analytical tools to the problem of
understanding and predicting behavior in the workplace.The behavioral science school has
contributed to the study of management through its focus on personality, attitudes,
values, motivation, group behavior, leadership, communication, and conflict, among other
issues.
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2)
Fayol was one of the most influential contributors to modern concepts of management
14 general principles of management by henri Fayol Follows:
D>Decide and implement :-Once there is approval for plan implement the decision and
there should be regular review of the decision implemented inorder to overcome practical
difficulties arising.
E>Evaluating the decision :- The project must be monitored to check the problem been
solved or not? Specifying what worked well and what could be done better another time.
So Its very critical task as there can be lot of pitfalls during decision making leading to
wrong decision like :
1)Identifying wrong problem
2)Listening to only one source or too many sources.
3)over shooting on the out come
4)Bad timing.
so its hard task taking right decision which can effect the whole organisation..
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4)The purpose of communication is to get your message across to others clearly and
unambiguously doing this involves efforts from both the sender and receiver of the
message.
Infact communication is only sucessful when both sender and receiver understands same
information as a result of communication process.Sender and receiver both bears equal
responsibility.
After the message go thorugh the communication process and gets to receiver(person
or group for whom the communication effort is intended.).receiver decodes or makes out
meaning of message.
It need to be done carefully.just as confusion can arise from encoding it can also arise
from decoding .this happens when receiver dosent have enough knowledge to understand
the message.
The receiver decodes the message and sends the feedback.The Receiver becomes sender
and sender becomes Receiver.so both bear equal responsibility.
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5)
The planning process is an integral part of the entire management process.Very simply
put,planning is setting the direction for some system and then guiding the system to
follow the direction.
The saying :"If you fail to plan,you plan to fail",without a plan managers are set up to
encounter error,waste and delays.A plan on other hand helps managers organise
resources and activities efficienlty and effectively to achieve goals.So i agree that planning
is charting the future course of action at present.
Advantages of planning is as management process:
Gives an organization a sense of direction.>> Without plans and goals, organizations
merely react to daily occurrences without considering what will happen in the long run. For
example, the solution that makes sense in the short term doesn't always make sense in
the long term. Plans avoid this drift situation and ensure that short-range efforts will
support and harmonize with future goals.
Focuses attention on objectives and results.>>>> Plans keep the people who carry
them out focused on the anticipated results. In addition, keeping sight of the goal also
motivates employees.
Helps anticipate problems and cope with change.>> When management plans, it
can help forecast future problems and make any necessary changes up front to avoid
them. Of course, surprises — such as the 1973 quadrupling of oil prices — can always
catch an organization short, but many changes are easier to forecast. Planning for these
potential problems helps to minimize mistakes and reduce the “surprises” that inevitably
occur.
Case study.
1) Mr. bansal satisfied the Esteem needs and self actualization needs of full time
employee which offer creative and challenging work and offer responsibility of an
important job.
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2)Maslow identified five levels of human needs as follows:
Pleasant supervisor
Job security
Maslows ideas can help managers understand and satisfy the needs of employees.
As in case of mr Bansal i feel and think he applied Maslows hiearchy of needs which turned
out to productive and positive.
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3)He used social needs strategy which satisfy and offer friendly co-worker,interaction with
customers,pleasant supervisor which mr Bansal was, resulted in productivity gains and
positive change in employee attitude.
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ASSIGNMENT 'C'