MANAGEMENT

Critical Management Perspectives



Critical Management Perspectives

Introduction

In today's world, businesses have to work in amidst high levels of uncertainty and environment change. The right planning of today will support employees, customers and the community at large to survive in the future (Lockwood, N., 2005). This helps protect our business and gives a better chance to the company for survival. One way of dealing with the change in the external environment, be it as serious as the Hurricanes like Rita and Katrina or other serious events like cyber crime, work place violence or union strikes a company can deal efficiently in these situations only if it has done better planning in crisis management. The key issues facing the organization today include safety and security of the personnel working in the organization, the reputation of the organization, the economy it deals in and the decisions made by the top leadership. The vision that the company follows and how it aligns the whole organization towards its business objectives of the future are very much important to deal all kinds of uncertain circumstances (Lockwood, N., 2005).

People in different societies are involved in intricate processes in an organization so that the routines are smooth without any disruptions.In modern societies, many organizing activities are delegated by experts. In the case of organizations, managers play a key role in managing activities by hiring the right individuals and giving them responsibility (Hancock et al. 2009). Today, the organizations have become more risk prone to financial meltdowns, terrorist threats and global warming. A society is on a path where it evolves continuously and many tasks are accomplished in a group. Thus, the task of managers had become very important and multifaceted. Mostly, managers work under utmost pressure of rising demands and they have unsatisfactory information. It is the 'business' that is influenced by the theory and practice of the management. The challenges of the businesses today are that organizations may be unwilling to provide commitment from the CEO and board, allocation of resources at the right place, change in the structures of the organizations have made them effective to cope with emergency situations.

Literature Review

There is a growing concern to understand who should be responsible to deal with the uncertain, ambiguous environment. After much speculation, it is known that there is a connection between leadership and management of a crisis situation. Effective leaders are the ones that have empathy, self awareness, persuasion, teamwork skills and the ability to align all the others in the organization. On the request of the senior management, there are few areas that I think if the organization improves on can help it sail smoothly in turbulent situations.

Overview

In text books the format of performing management tasks are presented as a neutral activity. The manager's authority largely depends on the sector of business, decision making, raising funds, generation of revenues and the allocation of resources within the organization (Deetz 1992). There are differences in the management tasks for different countries as there are other rules and legislation, professionals ...