MGC1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Radical Change, Individualism, False Consciousness
15 Jun 2018
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MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONS
<Ideologies>
1) Individualism – social theory that emphasises that the needs of each person are more
important than the need of whole society
2) Managerialism – the belief in the value of professional managers and of the concepts and
methods they use
3) Capitalism – economic and political system where trade and industry is controlled by private
owners for profit
4) Neo-Liberalism – transfer of control of economic factors to the private sector from public
Organisation – a collection of people working together with a division of labour to achieve a
common goal
MAINSTREAM MANAGEMENT
- A osesual olletie
- Activities results in output, and if appropriately chosen and efficiently executed will result in
successful organisation
• Initially focused on one best way to organise
o Attriuted to Ada Siths Wealth of Natios ideolog
▪ That division of labour will lead to expertise and efficiency
o Reinforced by Fayol and Weber
▪ Hierarchy of authority and responsibility to control and coordinate
• Subsequently, theorist conceptualised org as a system of inter-related parts, and such part
working together have synergistic outcomes
PARADIGM
<Burrell ad Morgas Paradig>
• Nature of social science
o An objective reality - can be investigated through objective observation and
understood as universal laws
o Versus a subjective reality – product o cognition and therefore personal and
intangible
• Nature of society
o Ephasise soiets uit ad ohesieess
o Versus those who seek to understand the deep-seated structural conflict and the
possibilities for radical change
4 Types
1) Functionalist – primary paradigm for organisational study
2) Interpretive – try to observe on-going process to better understand human behaviour
3) Radical humanist – release social constraints that limit human potential
4) Radical structuralist – see inherent structural conflicts that generate change
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Document Summary
Organisation a collection of people working together with a division of labour to achieve a common goal. Activities results in output, and if appropriately chosen and efficiently executed will result in successful organisation.
