Management: a global perspective Session 2 (Class 2)

1. Management: a global perspectiveSession 2 (Class 2) Dr Robert Shaw Graduate School of Business Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 6 March 2013

2. RE-VISION You have to learn two things • About management globally. You must know and understand: • The important concepts that managers use to describe their work. • he debates about management (the keys issues). • How to enquire into management. You must demonstrate research skills: • Ask questions • Obtain information • Draw conclusions • Communicate your ideas

3. Agenda • Lecture: Introduction to management • Lecture: Introduction to paper writing Two lectures today!

4. Lecture:Introduction to management

5. Management – working definitions noun 1. the members of the executive or administration of an organization or business See also line management, middle management, top management 2. managers or employers collectively 3. the technique, practice, or science of managing, controlling or dealing with ⇒ "anger management" 4. the skilful or resourceful use of materials, time, etc 5. the specific treatment of a disease, disorder, etc

6. Management as … Skills ? Competencies ? A process ? The organisation / running / operation of something ? A requirement / need of organisations ?

7. Management as skills Our course argues that the best account of management (for our purposes) is that management is a set of skills.

8. Management as skills Which skills ? Competencies probably just another name for skill but has a jargon of its own (the competency approach to management) Kinds of skills Practical skills Intellectual – thinking – cognitive - mind

9. Management as skills Analysis of those who manage suggests that the key to management is the skill of decision-making. Managers make decisions! This is the best generalisation we can give. Your course focuses on management as decision-making. It is, thus, about the cognitive skills that relate to practical situations.

10. The scope of management In what activities do managers practice the skills of decision-making? What are the concerns of practical managers?

14. The core skills of management

16. The business environment This is an “organisational” perspective. How do you relate this to the skills of decision-making?

17. The business environment Any of the skills of management (decision-making) can involve the factors in the business environment?

18. End of Lecture:Introduction to management

19. Lecture:Introduction to paper writing

20. Our second course objective: • You must learn how to enquire into management, which means you must demonstrate research skills: • Ask questions • Obtain information • Draw conclusions • Communicate your ideas

21. Introduction to paper writing There are two kinds of things to learn What to say How to present your ideas This session is about how you present ideas when you produce them in business or management subjects and workplaces.

22. Your research skills: basic steps • Identify an issue / research topic / problem • Refine and define your issue / research topic / problem (often formulated as questions) • Recognise the different kinds of questions you may ask • Scientific questions • Practical questions (often business questions) • Moral questions (often a refinement of business questions) • Research your questions online • Come to understand your question • Gain relevant information • Think about your response to your questions • Plan your writing • Structure (report format) • What to include, what to leave out

23. Resources http://www.gdufs.biz/WRITING.html This website is your guide to writing your paper.

24. Three kinds of papers in business There are three types of papers written by business and management students. They are also the kinds of papers written by people in business and government. 1. Essays 2. Reports 3. Scientific papers (a special kind of report).

25. Reports to be of use For business decision-making Examples Marketing research Policy research Evaluation research Business planning Standards not derived from the discipline The banner of science This is research as a tool – as technology (This is not scientific research or essay writing.)

26. Some examples of business & management reports

27. Essays & reports

28. Your presentation skills: APA APA videos How to structure your paper How to reference correctly Your goals: To be able to format your paper. To be able to use APA referencing correctly. Access APA viawww.gdufs.biz/WRITING.html

29. The academic literature To write an academic paper you need to know what has been said before about your topic. Your paper must show how your work builds upon the work of others. Students seldom appreciate how long it takes to "read up" on a topic. You have to prepare yourself before you can even begin to write. You must make use of published academic materials - this means books and journals, historical material and recent publications.

30. An academic library You are expected to use the library – this is an academic library. There are specific skills that you need to develop that relate to library use. These include: How to search academic databases How to keep track of the relevant materials you find How to create a bibliography How to gain some understanding of an article without reading every word. The most important part of the library is the academic databases which the library provides online.

31. http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/endnote/2009_videos/cwyw_insert/cwyw_insert.htmhttp://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/endnote/2009_videos/cwyw_insert/cwyw_insert.htm Academic searching The expectations • Range of sources • Recent & important works • Books & articles • Chinese articles in English papers • Academic sources • The peer review process • Relevant citations only • Do not cite textbooks or course materials • Chinese sources in English papers

32. Academic sources • Open source databases • The GDUFS databases • Books - use of NoteExpressto search

33. Use open source databases SSRN www.ssrn.com CNKI Journals http://en.cnki.com.cn/ Google Scholar Google Books

38. Task for the week • Send an e-mail to your professor (shaw@porirua.net). In the Subject line put: MGP, your class number (Class 1 or Class 2), and your full student number. • In an open source online academic database, locate three articles about management in China. • In you’re the body of your e-mail cite the three articles using APA format. • Copy and paste the abstract for each article into your e-mail • Attach to your e-mail a pdf file of the article.