Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Professor
Yiannis Gabriel
University of Bath
Week 1
Introduction on learning
about management and
organizations
An individual adventure
A group adventure why?
Driving a car
French
Tennis
Accounting
Organizational Theory
to be a manager
Jugs mugs
Carrot stick
Obstacles to learning
poor teaching
lack of motivation
lack of relevance
habit
fear of failure
old learning
relentless action
Testing
Reflecting
Abstract
conceptualizations
Why do we organize?
What is so important about
organizing?
Organizers
Disorganizers
What is modernity?
Industrialization
Move from countryside to the cities
Widespread literacy and education
Belief in progress
The power of Science
The rise of organizations
The rise of management
Management
Rarely in human history has any
institution emerged as fast as
management or had as great an impact
as quickly. In less that 150 years,
management has transformed the social
and economic fabric of the worlds
developed countries. It has created a
global economy and a new set of rules
for countries that would participate in
that economy as equals. And it has itself
been transformed (Drucker, 1988, p. 65).
To control
To treat with
consideration and
respect
To develop potential
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