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Hello Class
Here is our Systems Management class' page. We will keep this page
up-to-date after each class with materials that the class sees as important.
Craig
MHR
- 4410 Systems Management Syllabus
All PowerPoint presentations will be
available here for you to review.
Week 1:
Due Week One, Assignments
- Read
Bartol and
Martin,
Management
Pages 1-27,
“the
Challenge of
Management.”
- Read
Mintzberg,
“The
Manager’s
Job:
Folklore and
Fact.”
- Read
Barlow and
Martin,
Management,
“Pioneering
Ideas in
Management.”
- Read the
following
from MHR
4410:
-
“Introduction
Essay,”
- “Using
the Open
System
Model,”
Agenda For Week One
- Introductions,
- Evolution of Management Theories,
- Organizations and Management, and
- Systems
- Short Quiz
Introductions
During this class you met Craig Stevens.
Evolution of Management Theories
We looked at an organization as a system with the Linked Management Models and the
Evolution of
Management Theories Organization Style Chart.
From Bartol and Martin, Primis Catalog, "Pioneering Ideas in
Management." we briefly talked about a couple of the ideas on
managing people. These points are covered well in you book on pages 34
through 56
We talked about the different viewpoint classifications found on page 34 and
some of the different classifications under each. (Scientific
Management,...Bureaucratic Management,... Hawthorn Studies,... Management
Science,... etc.) Some of the graphics are below.
Follow the link to the management researchers.
We talked about excellent management and the mobile
of excellent management (Linked Here). We looked at how the following
concept could related to the mobile of excellent management's attributes.
Organizational
Issues This link will take you to organizational issues.
Week 2:
Due Week Two, Assignments
- Read Bartol and Martin, Primis Catalog, pp. 93-121
- Read Bartol and Martin, Primis Catalog, p.60-92, "Understanding
External and Internal Environments.
- Complete the "Organizational Climate Questionnaire."
Module 2/MHR 4410.
- Bring to class a copy of your organization's (site of your
project theses) mission statement/vision statement.
- Bring to class a copy of your organization's (thesis site)
structure chart.
Presentation Slides
Refer to the Mobile of Excellent
Management's attribute of Culture, follow the link and then come
back.
Refer to the Storms
of Change link for the SWOT slide then come back.
Refer to the External
Environmental Elements of the Drivers of Change Model, then come back to
this page.
Refer to the Organizational
Issues at the bottom of page on this link, then come back.
Week 3:
- Be prepared to discuss the reward systems of your organization.
- Read Zaleznik, "Managers and Leaders - Are they different?"
- Read through the "Alcohol Rehabilitation Case, "MHR 4410"
- Bring to class a copy of your organization's (site of your project thesis)
mission statement/vision statement. (some have done this already)
- Bring to class a copy of your organization's (thesis site) structure
chart. (have done this already)
- Go to this link to see some
hints on writing the papers.
- For this paper you have the following choices: (1) write about something
you are reading for class or something related to the class
lectures. Compare this to your thesis or your job. (2) Add
information to the website. You may break this up into small pieces
and look at several different points on the site. You may use your
personal experience. It may or may not end up on the site but you
are welcome to try.
- Send me only one file with the cover letter first, then the report after
a page break.
Presentation Information
Refer to the Systems
Thinking Slides, then come back to this page.
Organizations as Open Systems figure (Figure 1 in book page 8)
is similar to the Drivers of Change Model. Compare these
with the Weisbord's Six Box Model on page 19 and the Mobile
of Excellent Management.
Diagnosing Relationships
go to the link and see the slides.
Week 4:
- Review Bolman and Deal, Reframing Organizations 2nd ed. Structural Frame
-pp. 43-116, Human Resource Frame pp. 119-180.
- Submit SWOT Analysis
- Read, "Assessing the Feasibility of Change and Choosing Appropriate
Interventions", Module 2/MHR 4410.
Diagnosing Rewards
go to the link and see the slides.
Leadership go
to link and look at slide show.
Change Management Link
Force Field Analysis
Week 5:
Due Week Five, Assignments
- Review, Bolman and Deal, Reframing Organizations. Political Frame
pp. 159-193, Symbolic Frame -pp. 213-249
- Submit "Force Field Analysis."
Go to the Written
Communications Page for tips on the final paper.
Today we talked about general
problem solving tools.
- We talked about Force
Field Analysis.
- We looked at Flow
Charts.
- We talked about Cause
and Effect.
- We looked at a One-to-One
Comparison Method of Problems Solving and Selection. Go to link and
view the slide show.
- We talked about Conflict
Management.
Week 6:
No Class
Due Week Six, Assignments
- Read Library Module
- Write MHR 4410 Critical Synthesis Paper
General Makeup Instructions and Assignments for Missed
Classes
- Read
all of the material for your missed class.
- Do
all of the required homework for the class you missed.
- Go
to the website and study the slides or other material.
- Write
a short report on the reading material, homework and website material for
the class you missed (just enough to cover everything missed).
- In
your report explain how the homework, reading material and website may
apply to your work or thesis.
- Remember
to always include a cover letter (Cover letter in 1st person,
the paper in 3rd person).
- Send
the paper in electronically to craigastevens@westbrookstevens.com
- Come
prepared to the next class with homework and reading material completed.
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