Assignment:
Management Theories and the Workplace
Purpose of Assignment:
The purpose of this assignment is to increase learners' comprehension of management roles, viewpoints, and theories.
Assignment Steps:
Resources: Management: A Practical Introduction, sample leadership theory table.
Select three theories from the textbook.
Summarize the theory and viewpoint(s) in a table. Please use the sample leadership theory table provided.
Develop a 1,050-word report including the following:
1. Briefly discuss an overview of management.
2. Include the roles managers play.
3. Examine the development of management theories, including how these theories reflected the changing business environment.
4. Compare and contrast the three management theories you included in your leadership theory table.
5. Include in-text citations and at least one reference.
6. Evaluate which of the three management theories works best for your work environment or an organization with which you are familiar.
7.Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.