Complexity of Management
The complexity of Management
Tutor: Geoff Stanley
Name: Dung bui
ID: s10505683
Word count: Assignment- 2457
Reflection essay: 522
Contents
Introduction 0 Nature of Management 0 Complexity in human resource management 1 Power and politics in organisation 4 Types of power 5 References 6 Self- reflection essay 7
Introduction
Management is the act of getting individuals together to undertake desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning, organising, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organisation (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Resourcing encompasses the development and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources and natural resources. Although these activities have to be undertaken the context in which they take place tends to be far more irrational and complex. According to Jackson (2003), the term “complexity” is defined as below: “Complexity stems from the nature of problems. They rarely present themselves individually, but come related to other problems, in richly interconnected problem situations that are appropriately described by Russ Ackoff as ‘messes’. As a result once you examine them, problems seem to get bigger and to involve more issues and stakeholders.” Complexity is common term in business world today because it shows a current reality of every organisation in which managers have to face with challenges in managing human and technology resource as well as how they control the organisations in terms of power and politics. In this paper, we will have a deeper research of complexity in management through the specific cases of IBM and AT&T.
Nature of Management
Theoretical scope shows significant contribution
Tutor: Geoff Stanley
Name: Dung bui
ID: s10505683
Word count: Assignment- 2457
Reflection essay: 522
Contents
Introduction 0 Nature of Management 0 Complexity in human resource management 1 Power and politics in organisation 4 Types of power 5 References 6 Self- reflection essay 7
Introduction
Management is the act of getting individuals together to undertake desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning, organising, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organisation (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Resourcing encompasses the development and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources and natural resources. Although these activities have to be undertaken the context in which they take place tends to be far more irrational and complex. According to Jackson (2003), the term “complexity” is defined as below: “Complexity stems from the nature of problems. They rarely present themselves individually, but come related to other problems, in richly interconnected problem situations that are appropriately described by Russ Ackoff as ‘messes’. As a result once you examine them, problems seem to get bigger and to involve more issues and stakeholders.” Complexity is common term in business world today because it shows a current reality of every organisation in which managers have to face with challenges in managing human and technology resource as well as how they control the organisations in terms of power and politics. In this paper, we will have a deeper research of complexity in management through the specific cases of IBM and AT&T.
Nature of Management
Theoretical scope shows significant contribution
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