What is effective management?
This will be one dimension that you will have to reflect on throughout the unit – some questions that might arise is there such a thing as ‘one best way’ of being effective? Does being effective require a set of skills, or is it more about being adaptable and flexible? Is it more effective to think of management as the sole locus of the manager, or as a group or ever organizational dynamic?
Gender Equality/Balance – were more women just not choosing promotions?
More complex than that – See Acker article on Moodle to help start thinking through these ideas!
Administrative Management
The influence on the workplace of the KIPPER phenomenon
The KIPPER phenomenon is just one example of a social dynamic that can have an influence on the workplace (e.g. people having to stay in work longer and retire later in order to financial support adult children). At a more general level it highlights how different social or cultural trends always have an influence or organizational life.
Definitions are always difficult
I agree – and there are lots of definitions! A good place to start is think about the academic definition given to a term in a text book or, better still, an academic paper, and then think how this might translate into an organizational setting.
The framework for the unit
Broadly speaking, the unit starts off at an individual level and them moves towards ideas which are more group-based, then more organizational based. However, this is a somewhat false divide, as we discussed in the first section, as these levels are all relations and interact with each other – on other words, there is rarely a topic which is solely ‘individual’ or ‘organization’
Lecturers writing
Sorry about that – I’ll try to make sure I write big and bold on the board in the future!
The assignments
Make sure you have a look in the unit guide – we’ll