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Management: a global perspective

Session 10

Dr Robert Shaw

School of International Trade and Economics

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Saturday 27 April 2013

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Today 

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Let us talk about your emailEmail & Test 2

Revision: last week we did strategicmanagement and Huawei

This week we begin Western ManagementTheory (which will be in Test 2)

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Western management theory 

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 We will follow an historical approach

This topic will take several weeks

 You had a glimpse of this in the lecture on

Human Resource Management

Resources: Articles on y0ur course web page

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Evolution of management theory 

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Historical contextTechnological advances (industrialisation) WarsMobilisation of working people (unions, protests)

The development of purposesEfficient productionManagement and/or organisation of people

Technological innovationQuality of life (in the workplace & society as a whole)Sustainability

Of businessesOf government services

Of society

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Evolution of management theory 

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 Alternative ways to describe the development/evolution of thetheory

 We consider some examples from various books and then

produce our own

 Why are there some many different classification of the stagesof management theory?

Because they are not agreed on: What they should describe (ontological foundations)The purpose of the classification

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Evolution of management theory 

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 Alternative ways to describe the development/evolution of thetheory

 We consider some examples from various books and then

produce our own

 Why are there some many different classification of the stagesof management theory?

Because they are not agreed on: What they should describe (ontological foundations)The purpose of the classification

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Evolution of management theory 

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 Alternative ways to describe the development/evolution of thetheory

 We consider some examples from various books and then

produce our own

 Why are there some many different classification of the stagesof management theory?

Because they are not agreed on: What they should describe (ontological foundations)The purpose of the classification

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Evolution of management theory 

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Post Neo-liberal

Neo-liberal

Humanistic

Scientific

Classical

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Significance today 

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Post Neo-liberal – Huawei & Maori examples, role of the State

Neo-liberal –common

Humanistic –marked legacy

Scientific –marked legacy

Classical–

foundation of organisational theories

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Task for the week 

1. Last week you had to find your proposition. Now youhave to write the first draft of your reasons in supportof your proposition. These are the main arguments why someone ought to do what you propose.

2. For three separate arguments: Write over 100 wordsand cite one academic source that supports what you write. (total 300 words and three sources).

3.  Write these in your docx file.

4. Email to your professor.

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