Henry Mintzberg Case Study
Part 1
Henry Mintzberg and other writers have talked about the cluster of roles that a manager performs. How does the manager add the role of academic researcher to the cluster? What differences in approach does this imply? What challenges does this present?
Part 1
Contributions to research on management roles have been emphasized upon and researched upon by various scholars. Henri Fayol (1841-1925), an engineer at a mining company in France, who later became the director of the mining company employing about 1000 people (MindTools), developed what he called management functions, and based upon this, the 14 principles of management. The functions included planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling and these have been condensed today to POLC or Planning, Organizing Leading and Controlling. Fayol’s motivation in researching and theorizing his management experiences lied in the fact that his father faced many challenges during his own career (Emerald Group Publishing House, 2006). His schooling and father’s …show more content…
According to Raelin (1997:21), a manager engaging in action research should understand the strategies used in action research, namely action learning and action science. Action learning is based on the belief that learning takes place when people are on the job and are dealing with real life challenges. According to those who use the action science approach, people’s self-awareness improves performance as they gradually understand their own value systems and beliefs that eventually drive their
Henry Mintzberg and other writers have talked about the cluster of roles that a manager performs. How does the manager add the role of academic researcher to the cluster? What differences in approach does this imply? What challenges does this present?
Part 1
Contributions to research on management roles have been emphasized upon and researched upon by various scholars. Henri Fayol (1841-1925), an engineer at a mining company in France, who later became the director of the mining company employing about 1000 people (MindTools), developed what he called management functions, and based upon this, the 14 principles of management. The functions included planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating and controlling and these have been condensed today to POLC or Planning, Organizing Leading and Controlling. Fayol’s motivation in researching and theorizing his management experiences lied in the fact that his father faced many challenges during his own career (Emerald Group Publishing House, 2006). His schooling and father’s …show more content…
According to Raelin (1997:21), a manager engaging in action research should understand the strategies used in action research, namely action learning and action science. Action learning is based on the belief that learning takes place when people are on the job and are dealing with real life challenges. According to those who use the action science approach, people’s self-awareness improves performance as they gradually understand their own value systems and beliefs that eventually drive their