Management is necessarily a political process'
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:06:47
'Management is necessarily a political process'. Explain and critically evaluate this view. Use examples from reading and/or personal experience.
Introduction
Traditionally management was viewed as a relatively black and white process in which decisions were taken to control the organisation. However, in more recent times it has become recognised that management is a more complex activity involving the persuasion of individuals to certain viewpoints in order to perform various tasks on behalf of the
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simply be controlled by prescriptive formula.
References
Armstrong, Michael (1990). How to be an even better manager. Third Edition Kogan Page
Collins, D (1998). Organizational Change. Rattedge.
Drucker, Peter (1998) On the profession of management. Harvard Business School Publishing
Handy, Charles B. (1985) Understanding Organizations. Third Edition Penguin Books
Martin, John (2001). Organizational Behaviour. Second Edition Thomson Learning
Sturdy, Andrew (2001) OMP lecture notes, Bath MBA 2001/02
The Concise English Dictionary (1984) Prepared by Arthur J Hayward and John J Sparkes. Omega Books
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