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In the first assignment, students are given a scenario in which the shipping manager who has worked for Recycled Furnishings since the inception of the company is getting ready to retire.  The scenario serves to set the stage for students to demonstrate how management theories have changed over time.  For example, managing 30 years ago is different than managing in the 21^st century. 

 

In selecting an organizational theory that best describes the current shipping manager, students have to use the timeline to select a school of thought and a theory or theories of that time frame.  Students will need to research the theorist and theories to complete the assignment and answer the questions below.  Students are expected to be thorough in responding to Part One. 

In Part Two, students are going to take what they have learned in weeks 1 – 3 and compare the management skills of the current shipping manager to that of you as the new shipping manager.

 

Part One

Recycled Furnishings is a division of an international home furnishing company called Thor Enterprises.  Recycled Furnishings makes glass sofas for outdoor use from recycled bottles and glass. The business has grown rapidly in the last thirty years and now that it has become a division of Thor Enterprises, the company is going international.  The shipping manager for Recycled Furnishings has been in his job since the start of the company. He is going to retire.  You have been hired as his replacement. 

Select an organizational theory that you believe best describes the current shipping manager and which explains the organization and its structure;

Identify the theorist(s) who proposed the theory; 

Discuss how the selected organizational theory and theorist fit into the school of thought of that time period.

Address the principles of the theory and how the manager would do his job and interact with his staff. 

Using the course readings and your own research, explain in detail how you arrived at your conclusions.

Part Two

You would like to characterize yourself as a 21^st century manager. 

• As a 21^st century manager, compare the way you would manage versus the way of your predecessor. 

What implications do the changes in management have for the future of Thor?

How will the new approach to the job likely change the shipping division?

Required Formatting of the Project 1:

• This report should be double spaced, 12-point font, and four to five pages in length excluding the title page and reference page;
• Include an introduction and a summary paragraph;
• Title page with your name, the course name, the date, and instructor’s name;
• Use headings;
• Write clearly and concisely;
• Write in the third person;
• Use APA formatting for in-text citations and reference page.  You are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes. Deductions will be taken when direct quotes are used and found to be unnecessary;
• Outside resources may be used but the majority of the support will come from the course readings with a wide array of readings used;
• Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder.

 

Better to use this sources 

A New Role for Management in Today’s Post-Industrial Organization

7 Traits to Turn Good Managers Into Great Managers

25 Qualities and Characteristics of a Good Manager

What Is A Manager?

THEME TWO: What challenges does the 21^st century business landscape present to the manager?

21st Century Slideshare on Business Challenges

Effect of Technology in the Workplace

Workplace Trends in the 21st Century

HEC Centennial Debate: Responsible Management and the challenges of the 21st Century

THEME THREE: Who is the 21^st century manager? What are their characteristics? What is their role in the organization?

Character traits and skills needed to do the job

Three Skills Every 21st Century Manager Needs HBR

How to be a Good Manager: Guide for the 21st Century Manager

Characteristics of 21st Century Organizations

Cross-Enterprise Leadership: A new approach to Management in the 21st Century

 

THEME ONE:  What is meant by the study of organizational theory, what are the schools of organizational theory and their precepts and what can we learn from its history?

• Change in the definition of competitive advantage and its impact on the organization.
• Change in perspective in the value of people to the resources of an organization.
• Organizations are dynamic and the theory of managing them is also.

Organizational Theory Timeline
The short and brief history of Organizational Theory
The Short and Glorious History of Organizational Theory
Overview of Classical and Neo-Classical Organizational Theory
Overview of Management Theories
Strategic Organization Design

THEME TWO: The change of value regarding human resource to the organization coupled with technology is shifting the design of organizations towards “boundaryless” and flat organizational structures.

Organizational Capability: Creating Competitive Advantage

Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage

The Boundaries of Boundaryless Organizations

 

• What is Management?
• What is Management and Leadership difference and four principals of management
• Strategic Management
• The Principals of Management Video
• Concise Dictionary of Management Terms