Principles of Management
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WEEK THREE ASSIGNMENT
Week Three Assignment
Introduction
You should write your introduction here. Describe what your paper is going to be about. Make sure you use third person referencing throughout your entire paper.
Past Management Approach
In this section you should interpret how the organization was managed in the past. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material. Hint the lecture materials and reading materials from week one covered this material. Please use this.
Comparison of Management Approaches (Past and Present)
In this section you should be comparing management approaches from the past and the present and discussing how they have changed. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material. Hint the lecture materials and reading materials from week one covered this material.
Managers Performance of Functions of Management Based on Structure of the Organization
This week we will be reading about and discussing different structures in organizations. Organizations are managed based on their structure. You should first identify how the organization is structured and then discuss how managers perform their roles. Remember in week one how we discussed the four functions of managers using this material as well as the lecture materials on organizational structure in your work. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material. Hint the lecture materials on organizational structure and the text materials on designing adaptive organizations should be very helpful.
A Key Manager: Primary Functions and Responsibilities
In this section you should clearly discuss a key manager and describe his or her responsibilities and the primary function the manager performs. Reflect back to both the lecture and textbook materials from week one. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.
Effectiveness of Manager in Fulfilling this Role
In this section you should be interpreting how effective the manager is. Use the materials from week on to help you in this assessment. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.
Recommendations for Improvement
In this section I am looking for clear recommendations for improvement. Refer back to what the text and lectures have stated about this. Please do not state you have no recommendations. All organizations need to improve. Attempt to identify these and use course materials to support why you think these are areas for improvement. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.
How Decisions Are Made
In this section you will revisit decision making that was discussed in week two. Describe how you think decisions are made in the organization. Please do not forget to use the materials in the lectures to support your work. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.
Effectiveness of the Decision Making Process
This is where you will interpret the effectiveness of the decision making process. Go back to week two. Reflect on what you read about the elements of effective decision making. Include this material in your analysis. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material. Hint the lecture materials on
Recommendations for Improvement
In this section I am looking for clear recommendations for improvement. Refer back to what the text and lectures have stated about this. Please do not state you have no recommendations. All organizations need to improve. Attempt to identify these and use course materials to support why you think these are areas for improvement. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.
System of Controls the Organization Uses
This week a chapter of our text book focuses on controls: Managing Quality and Performance. This material should be used as you describe how the organization manages performance in terms of organizational success. What systems do they have in place? Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.
Recommendations for Improvement
In this section I am looking for clear recommendations for improvement. Refer back to what the text and lectures have stated about this. Please do not state you have no recommendations. All organizations need to improve. Attempt to identify these and use course materials to support why you think these are areas for improvement. Minimally you should be writing one full paragraph with 4-5 sentences. You may need two paragraphs to fully address this. You should include one piece of information from the text or lectures to support your work. You must use in text citations to demonstrate you have used this material.
Summary of Key Recommendations
In this section you will simply summarize the key recommendations you have made in the three sections where you have made recommendations..
Conclusion
Write a one paragraph conclusion summarizing your paper.
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