MN4062QA
Orientation for Success in Higher Education
Assignment 2: Reflective Paper
Student name Sergiu Popescu
Student ID no. 10123578
Lecturer Yao Semarco
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Contents page
Introduction: Classical and Contemporary Approaches to Management...__3_
Learning Outcomes Achieved: Management Models …………,,,,…… __3__
Feedback: Potential Academic Improvement………………….………...__4__
Conclusion:….………...……………………………………………….…__4__
Bibliography:…………………..………………………………..……….__5__
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Introduction
Management has been around for thousands of years, yet the business world is still studying and
researching through all the 21st century. Classical management has had an exponential impact on
productivity and efficiency. On the other hand, modern management approaches have improved workers
quality of work and focused on individual needs. Having said that, professional managers must
understand and implement plans and actions with any resources available while also ensuring the
continuous growth of his employees through ought the organisation. The most revolutionising ideas that
changed the process of how mass production was made, have come from the early 20th century. This essay
will compare the classical or traditional approach and contemporary or modern approach to management
while highlighting advantages and disadvantages of using various management models.
Learning Outcome Achieved
Management as defined by Drucker (1990, page 221), requires human beings to join efforts and use their
strengths accordingly while treating their weaknesses unrelated to the task. Modern managers may adhere
to the “POLC” framework as specified in modern research. Planning their projects or strategies to
achieve maximum efficiency and meet the mission of their organisation. Organise their tasks, employees,
resources, to meet targets and develop the organisation and its employees. Lead their task and team from
the front with clear passion and precise delegation. Control and overwatch the progression, quality, and
expectations of the task required and allows workers less responsibility.
Competing Values Framework
In 1983 Robert Emmet Quinn and Kim Sterling Cameron revealed four major, segregated components of
Competing Values Framework highlighting four fundamental models of effective management in
organisations.
Rational Goal Model forced the invention of scientific management, which focused primarily on
efficiency and production and enforced power of managers over the worker. With it, it has brought a
major and notable change in organisations as it transferred responsibility for planning to managers instead
of workers. In 1880, Frederick to visited Ford factory and implement his experimental ideas to ensure a
smoother and more efficient process to manufacture vehicles, thus creating the modern assembly line. His
most consistent approach to management has been the scientific method of managing which concentrates
on efficiency and production more than workers social life.
Internal Process Model requires workers to follow procedures and rules as it gradually ensured stability
and total control over the business. Max Weber, a sociologist, and political economist, concerned about
industrialization and its effects on social structure, produced and proposed five ideas for managing larger
organisations and bureaucracy. These were hierarchy structure, formal norms and regulations, recruitment
grounded by qualifications or experience, equality, and governing authority. Weber was convinced his
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contemporary approach gave workers a sense of correctitude and ensured a rational authority and unlike
traditional management, it offered employees a sense of equality and fairness.
Human Relations Model, pioneered by Elton Mayo, concentrated on social factors at work instead of
production and recognised individual social needs. Hie derived his model from the Hawthorne
experiments which studied how physical working conditions affected production. His results
revolutionised social attention at work and revealed a series of critical changes in workers performance
when physical or physical alterations were made. For example, when workers were observed, a change in
behaviour becomes obvious. This model was conflicting with the classical model of scientific
management.
Systems model comprehended both rational goal and internal process models to allow managers to see
their organisation as part of a wider environment with focus on external environments that affect the
organisation. Encourages change and supports adaptability. In comparison with a traditional model,
systems allow a more collaborative involvement in workers conditions of work and environment.
Interpretation of Feedback and Academic improvement
Feedback on my formative assessment, which shows collected information from lectures and seminars
has revealed an inconsistency in my understanding of the questions while also exposed a lack of
referencing in my work. Explanation of business analysis tools and the importance of uses for managers
was more detailed and showed more effort introduced with clear explanation. The format I have used to
answer several questions needed more exploration and comprehending as I lacked the evaluation of
internal and external factors.
Feedback has also disclosed the need of more references which I will attempt to exercise in this semester
using tools and techniques that have been made available to me. I believe this will aid and improve my
overall effort and offer me greater potential. I will also research various approaches to understand
questions more profoundly and possible formats I could use to provide an answer.
Conclusion
To sum up, management models comfort manager’s understanding of modern organisational
complexities thus improving and developing organisational performance. Traditional management
methods have shown multiple flaws in their consistency as they have no regard for the social life of
employees and believe workers only had financial and physical needs while focusing primarily on
productivity. Lastly, while modern management should include improving and developing of employees,
traditional management was accurate and factual at its time. as all models from CVF have their
advantages and disadvantages, they could all be used depending on the scenario or situation given.
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Bibliography
Ian Woodruff (2014) Taylorsim ABC World Report. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=CCsOqWbK46o (Accessed: 3 October 2021).
Boddy, D. (2016) Management: an introduction. Harlow: Pearson.
Tichy, N., Lafley, A. and Barnett, C. (1984) ‘The Human Resource Leadership Challenge’, The
Unfolding Of Six Clinical Cases, 24(1), pp.1.
Quinn, R. E. et al. (2014) Becoming a master manager: a competing values approach. 6th ed. Hoboken:
John Wiley & Sons.
Yu, T. (2009) ‘International Journal of Business and Management’: A Review of Study on the Competing
Values Framework 4(7) pp 37038.
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