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MD4003
Re-assessment 1: 2500 words(40%)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical base of organisational analysis and management, at operational and strategic levels
2. Critically assess theoretical models and frameworks as vehicles of organisational analysis and management practice.
Mini Essays
a) For each of the 3 topics below, write a 500 word mini-essay critically reviewing the statement made. Ensure that you bring in concepts and arguments that are for and against the statement being reviewed. Ensure that each essay is fully referenced and has a complete reference list at the end.
1. ‘Management is the only way for human beings to be controlled'(Parker, 2002 Against Management Cambridge Polity)
2. A culture is not something an organisation has; it's something an organization is(Pacanowsky and O'Donnell-Trujillo, 1982 ‘Communication and Organisational Cultures' The Western Journal of Speech Communication 46 pp 115 - 130)
3. Leadership is not just something one does, but it is more crucially, who one is and how we relate to others(Cunliffe, 2009A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Management. Sage: London)
b) Write a 500 word mini-essay identifying links between management, leadership and organisational culture. Use examples from the management literature to support your argument. Ensure that the essay is fully referenced and has a complete reference list at the end.
c) Write a 500 word reflection identifying what learning you took from undertaking this assignment, and how it has informed your thinking about management (reminder: in the 500 word reflection, you are not being asked to repeat the knowledge that you have gained through the module. Reflecting on your work means analysing your personal learning and working out how you can build on your strengths and developing your weaknesses.)
Re-assessment 2: 2000 words (60%)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical base of organisational analysis and management, at operational and strategic levels
2. Critically assess theoretical models and frameworks as vehicles of organisational analysis and management practice.
There are many different models of management, and many different ways of analysing organisations. With reference to management and organisational theory, critically discuss why this is, and how the modern manager might make use of this diverse set of ideas to improve their own managerial practice.
Ensure that you bring in a range of differing concepts and ideasin order to build up a critical argument. Ensure that the essay is fully referenced and has a complete reference list at the end.
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Critically assess theoretical models and frameworks
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Organisational analysis and management practice
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Theoretical base of organisational analysis and management
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