1. Date: Week 46 (09.11.2009)
Foundations of Management
Individual Assignment (Take Home)
You should do this assignment on your own, using any class notes, handouts or additional
material you may have available to you. The submission deadline for the assignment is:
Week 49 (30.11.2009). You can email your completed answers to me at the following
address: daryl.chapman@metropolia.fi
For identification purposes, please put the following in the subject field of your email:
FOM INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
Answer any 4 questions below, all questions carry equal marks:
Q1
Explain how the organisational size reductions that took place in the 1980s and particularly
in the 1990s have resulted in significant changes and subsequent challenges for
organisations at the workplace level, both now and for the future.
Q2
How would you organise the preparation of food and service within a fast food restaurant?
In what ways do these practices reflect Frederick Taylor's approach?
Q3
What are the important differences between the Classical School of Management
(including Taylorism) and the Human Relations School (including the work of Mayo)? Why
are these important for how we work and manage in organisations?
Q4
Under what circumstances might organisational change motivate people? Will all people
be equally motivated or demotivated by change?
Q5
How can organisational structures and management practices affect the levels of
innovation and creativity shown by employees?
Q6
Think about the different groups and teams you are a member of. Try to classify them into
groups or teams. What needs does each one satisfy for you? Try to apply Tuckman's
theory of group development to each one. What stage of development is each one at?
Q7
'Belbin's Team Roles Inventory is just a simple little descriptive exercise which is fun for
everyone to do but tells you little you didn't already know'. Discuss!
Q8
What do you see as the key emerging issues for work teams over the coming decade?
How can organisations and teams manage these issues?