Unity University Department of Management COURSE TITLE: Management Concepts and Thoughts (MBA 611) Group assignment (15%) Note: - Not less than 5- and more than 10 pages in Times new roman 12 font 1.5 line spacing - You are going to present in the class room 1. A University MBA instructor told his students, “The purpose of a management course is to teach students about management, not to teach them to be managers”. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Discuss in group and describe your opinion. 2. In self-selecting groups, visit a work organization of your choice, preferably one that is well known to at least one member of your group. a) Investigate those features of the structure, management and operations of the organization which are characteristic of: (i) Scientific management; ii) Administrative theory and (iii) bureaucracy. Comment critically on what you believe to be the practical effects of your set of characteristics, and give examples in support of your comments. b) For the same, organization, comment critically, with supporting examples, on the extent to which applications of the human relations approach to organization and management have been applied in practice. 3. Take any organizations of your choice, preferably the one well known by at least one members of your group. Discuss how that organization applies the four major management functions. - Planning Organizing - Directing - Controlling
