ADMS 1010 Final: Complete and Comprehensive 57 Page Final Exam Study Guide
3 Dec 2015
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Adms 1010 m - lecture 3 organizational theory. Brief history of b-schools: rapid growth of b-schools following wwii returning soldiers needed jobs. Public policy goal to have no unemployment: carnegie & ford foundations commission studies of business education in the late. Why would they do this? issued in shift to a more traditional academic curriculum, with specialized, functional disciplines led to greater legitimacy and power within universities: rapid growth of post-secondary business programs continues to the present. Characteristics: milton friedman"s view predominant: goal of business is to maximize profit, practitioner focus: purpose is to educate business managers, two main teaching methods: traditional skills-based, lecture style. The manager: the person in charge of the organization: managers, plan, organize, lead/coordinate, control. Folklore: planning: the manager is a reflective, systematic planner, duties: the effective manager has no regular duties, information: managers needs aggregated information provided by formal management information system, science: management is a science and a profession.
