S/M/387. Leaders and Managers

The paper looks at the duties and responsibilities of managers comparing them to those of leaders and discussing the features of effective leadership. Similarities and differences between management and leadership are highlighted.

S/M/269. Describe the functions of managers in organizations and critically compare and contrast the relative importance of the characteristics that companies look for in managers as they rise through the management hierarchy. Describe the differences and similarities in these characteristics among first line, middle and upper level managers and explain the reasons for the differences

The paper examines the goals and functions of managers in the 21st century highlighting the issues of planning, organizing, leadership and control. Organizational levels of management are outlined describing the features of each management level, managerial skills and characteristics are reviewed.

E/M/212. Cognitive mapping in corrugated paper production

The paper examines the application of cognitive mapping in reducing the production cost of corrugated paper. Patterns of corrugated paper are described; the demands of the corrugated industry are outlined; the factors that must to be monitored in the production planning and cutting system are reviewed.

C/M/389. Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

The 'emotional intelligence construct' has achieved enormous popularity in management circles. Its construct validity, how it differs from factors like empathy or agreeableness, is not clear. But however shaky the construct is when judged with traditional psychometric criteria, many management writers would agree that if it makes organizational leaders more conscious of the feelings, sensitivities and perspectives of others. Therefore the current report has been aimed at the role of EI in relation to leadership and gender.

E/M/122. Managers and leaders: same job different title?

The paper compares the concepts of management and leadership providing a review of literature on the goals of leaders and managers, the differences and similarities between their functions, etc.

C/M/358. Managerial Roles: Making Decision and Leadership

This paper focuses on the debate of management – it is an art or science? The paper highlights that managers sometimes use his/her instinct to response to unexpected circumstances because the training is insufficient to cover every matter. Managers also sometimes achieve the target without following the rules, but not breaking the rules. The study analyses the managerial roles, which involves making decision and leadership. The study found that being a good manager should have a combination of both art and science.

E/M/179. Critically evaluate the privileged and powerful position that contemporary managers occupy both in the business world and wider society today. Your answer should be illustrated with reference to the behaviour and performance (on both a business and wider societal level) of senior managers in the now defunct MG Rover Group.

The paper examines the dimensions of managerial power providing a review of management theories, commenting on the shift from an old bureaucratic organisation to a new enterprising organisation, and addressing the issues of pay power and ethics. The actions of CEO in the MG Rover case are discussed.

P/M/718. Trust and distrust in social networks

The paper examines the development of social networks reviewing academic definitions of the concept, the importance of collaboration in modern organisations, the types of trust in economic relationships, the role of goodwill trust in reducing performance risks, the role of control in undermining and boosting trust, the balance between trust and distrust in network relations, etc.

S/M/160. Discuss the development of management theory, and indicate, using current sources and examples, how it applies in today’s competitive environment

This assignment gives students an opportunity to evaluate the study of organisation management. The study involves student to show the ability and knowledge of managing the organisation by discuss chosen theories and examples to support theories and discussion the case studies. The author of this assignment will conclude two management theories which are Classical Management and Bureaucracy Management, these are two different style of management system but there are certain relationships of them.

P/M/542. Healthy organization: importance of emotional intelligence

The paper examines the features of a healthy organisation focusing on the concept of emotional intelligence and its components, i.e. self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management. The role of emotional intelligence and IQ as predictors of job success is discussed; the significance of emotional intelligence for a positive climate in an organisation is emphasised.

P/M/530. What is an emotionally intelligent manager?

The paper addresses the problems of behavioural science discussing the importance of emotional intelligence skills in a manager. The components of emotional intelligence are reviewed including self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation for learning, empathy, social skills in building networks, etc.

C/M/274. The concept of management and the role of managers

The essay examines the concept of management from different angles and tries to understand its nature. Various functions of management are scrutinised in the work such as planning, organising, leading, directing, and controlling. The author also looks at the roles managers play in effective organisations. This is done in part on the basis of Minzbergs categorisation of managers roles (figurehead, leader, liaison etc). The paper further looks at different types of managers in terms of their standing in the organisational hierarchy. It is argued that managers at different tiers play differing roles and have different responsibilities. The essay concludes with considerations about why effective managers are so necessary for any organisation, whether commercial or non-profit, and with the ideas on what distinguishes a really successful manager.

E/M/27. Applying theory of organisation and management in company analysis

The paper compares two theoretical approaches to organisation management, a classical approach and a processual approach, reviewing academicians opinions on the basic principles of an organisation, scientific management, bureaucracy, human relations management, motivation/maintenance theory, etc. Both approaches are applied in the case study of a small organisation Technocraft to help solve their labour turnover problem.

P/M/455. Managerial power: definitions, typology, examples

The paper reports on the model of managerial power developed by French and Raven providing definitions and typology of power and illustrating power types with reference to organisational hierarchy, managers and individuals.

S/M/132. Why, despite its relevance in todays world, is management development so problematical in its implementation?

An environment of rapid change, technological innovations and increasing business competitiveness has highlighted the growing importance of management development, and the adoption of an appropriate development plan in order for a company to be more effective. In the real business sector, it is very difficult to put relevant theories into practice. There are a wide range of forms of management development approaches that can be adopted, for example, training, coaching, mentoring, delegating, appraisals and informal management development. These forms of management development can be problematical to put in place for a business. This essay will explore more of the meaning of management development and different forms of managerial development and its problems.

P/M/361. Discuss the contention that the term 'management' is too vague to be of any value.

The paper is a discourse on the subject of Management offering definitions of the term and providing a description of various types of management. Different managerial functions and approaches are discussed; styles of managerial behaviour are outlined.

C/M/159. Oticon: Critical Analysis and application of Organisation and Management Theories

The paper critically evaluates main organisational theories related to the given case study scenario. With the organisational development process, the Company tries to eliminate the resistance of the organisational change by implementing project-oriented culture and creating project teams. The author analysis the impacts of project teams on the overall culture, decision making processes and communication levels.

P/B/188. Dissertation. An International Perspective of Belbin team roles

This dissertation aims to investigate the possible relationships between common management traits within different countries and different industries. Questionnaires based upon the works of Meredith Belbin were used to gather information on perceived management team roles within management positions in five different countries. For further information on this dissertations please contact us.

C/M/12. Communication skills for managers.

Conclusion: Organisations exist in communicational climate where all related individuals such as employees, partners and clients should be communicated. Communication generally consists of verbal communication. Informational flow must be managed in order to be organised and effective, so organisations as a whole could be more effective, efficient profitable and therefore successful and managers are the ones who have power to make things happen. When communicating information some difficulties and barriers can contribute to the inadequate communication between managers and employees. Managers have the ability to make decisions in order to help to overcome the barriers. In order to help communication, managers have to understand.

P/M/74. What is the role of manager? Describe it based on past academic theories

P/M/82. What is management and what is the role of manager

This paper gives the definition of management, analyses different functions of managers and management of stress.

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