1. Management Theories Week Three MBA 230

2. Thinking Critically About Theories, Concepts and Weird Views of the World

3. Witch Doctors John Micklethwait and Adrian Woolridge Pg. 12 Management Theory Has Four Defects – Incapable of Self-criticism – Its terminology usually confuses rather than educates – Rarely rises above basic common sense – It is faddish and bedeviled by contradictions that would not be allowed in more rigorous disciplines

4. Levels of Analysis Individual Family Group Organizational Societal Global

5. Unified Theories Valid Across Different Cultural Settings - Universal Simple and Parsimonious Empirically Testable and Falsifiable Works Across Multiple Levels of Analysis Action Oriented – Is it Useful in Practice Consilient ( “ a jumping together ” of knowledge by the linking of facts and fact-based theory across disciplines to create a common groundwork of explanation. With the findings of various social and natural sciences (particularly biology). William Whewell ‘ The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences. ’ Discussed in Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge by Edward O. Wilson ))

6. Evolution How has management theory evolved from the Classic to the “dynamic ideas that celebrate organization process” Map the journey and indicate what was added to the current from the past.

7. Management Perspectives Over Time 1930 Humanistic Perspective 1990 1890 Classical 1940 1950 2000 Systems Theory 2000 2016 The Technology-Driven Workplace 1990 2016 The Learning Organization 1970 Contingency Views 2000 1980 Total Quality Management 2000 1940 Management Science Perspective 1990 2016 1870