Principle Of Management Course: My Experiences

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Term Paper Title	Principle Of Management Course: My Experiences
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Principle of Management Course: My Experiences

Principle of Management Course: My Experiences

     I believe that the Principles of Management course provided me with
invaluable information which will help in furthering both my professional as
well as personal life.  I believe that learning is a process by which an
individual undergoes certain changes. Also, during the learning process, many of
the beliefs which a person holds are challenged.  I underwent various changes
during this course.  This paper will explain those changes.  Furthermore, I will
detail the concepts, ideas and situations which had the greatest impact on me.
        Before taking this course, my definition of the concept of management
would have been strictly based on power relationships within an organization,
how to use power to achieve your goals and how to manipulate people.  Although
this definition might seem totalitarian, my background in Political Science
supported my initial misconceptions of management.  I am a political science
major and the questions most often asked in political science courses deal with
power within a structure and how this power is used, abused and expressed by
those in control.  Therefore, I came into the Principles of Management course
with the notion that I was going to be learning about power.  This notion was
challenged as I learned that there are three different perspectives that are
used to analyze an organization.
        There are three different perspectives used to view organizational
behavior and processes: Strategic-Design, Political and Cultural.  Initially, I
was looking at the organization and the process of management from the political
perspective. This perspective deals with the use of power and influence
throughout the organization.  However, I also had to learn about the strategic-
design perspective, which dealt with the differentiation, efficiency, strategy,
coordination and integration of various tasks within the organization.  I also
had to learn about the cultural perspective which focused on the way in which
people assigned meanings to their respective work experiences. I was beginning
to understand that management and the organization are not just an arena for
power relations. Instead, a variety of factors compose management.  Management
deals with the tasks, structure, culture and decision-making processes within an
organization.  In order to be an effective manager one has to study and analyze
t he organization using all the p...

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