As we advanced from the 20th century to the 21st century many of our ideas, outlooks, and information we knew about the world changed and progressed greatly. This is also true for how we as a civilization viewed management, progressed and continued to progress in bettering our management practices. This book analyzes old and new assumptions of management practices along with the reality that comes with the new strategies. The author also describes that as we go through these changes a leader that knows how to work with change is important to have to get passed the many information challenges. Drucker then describes that as the organizations change it is important that individuals within the organization also change to help reach maximum …show more content…
Since the discipline behind management is always changing so are the assumptions that come with it. Drucker First lists 7 old assumptions of management, which are:
1. Management Is Business Management
2. There is – or there must be- one right organization structure.
3. There is – or there must be- one right way to manage people.
4. Technologies, markets and end-users are given
5. Management’s scope is legally defined.
6. Management is internally focused.
7. The economy as defined by national boundaries is the ecology of enterprise and management.
Ducker goes on to explain that the first three assumptions are related to the discipline of management while the last 4 are related to the practice of management itself. He also points out that these assumptions might have been helpful back then but are actually hurting us now. "They are now so far removed from actual reality that they are becoming obstacles to the Theory and even more serious obstacles to the Practice of Management. Indeed, reality is fast becoming the very opposite of what these assumptions claim it to be" (Drucker). Drucker then goes on to explain his 8 new management assumptions related to the discipline of management, which are:
1. Management is not only for profit-making businesses.
2. There is not only one right organization.
3. There is not one right way to manage people.
4. Technologies and End-Users
History since the end of the Civil War to the end of the 20th century has changed drastically when you asses America on an economic, social, and political level. The changes between the end of the 19th century and the end of the 20th century are the cause in the way America has been shaped and how American’s think. In fact, industrialization and urbanization, equal rights for all citizens, and two world wars played a major role in the shape of America to our understanding. Although, there are numerous events that have shaped the country since the end of slavery throughout the United States, there are several that are viewed as signs of great change, such as the Reconstruction Era, the Industrialization Era, World War I and World War II, the Great Depression Era, and the Civil Rights Movement Era. Though, these descriptions only scratch the surface of the greater changes, they can be well-defined as events that created America today.
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I will be clarifying how reading "Theory X, Y, Z" and watched the media piece, "Theory," affected my definition of theory. I will be explaining the reasons why it might be useful to make a connection between actual management situations and theory. I will also explain how theory can inform the actual practice of management. I will provide an example of my own supported observation to maintain my statements. In Conclusion, I will explain which of management theories presented in Day 4 Readings seem to be the most useful and why (Walden, 2014).
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"Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented." - Harold S. Geneen
Schumpeter believe that management theory it Is becoming a collection of dead ideas. In other words, he believe that most of what we learn today about management is outdated and do not accurately describe how businesses operating in today's society. He opens his article by comparing management theory to the reformation. At first the comparison seem unrelated but as I read along I realized that his analogy was not so far-fetched. The gist is that management theory is like the Catholic church because in the 16th century the Catholic Church way of doing had numerous theological errors. So Martin Luther, a Monk, came up with 95 these to fix the problem; his thesis gave birth to the modern world. Schumpeter believe that Like the Catholic church, management theory needs to be reform.
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