Management and Organization Assignment
Management and Organization in Global Environment
Executive Summary
This assignment is aimed at explaining Fayol’s 14 principles of management and the concept of globalization. Activity 1 will explain Ford and Taylorism theories and management ideas extracted from their principles. Activity 2 will discuss Ghemawat on globalization and strategy of exploiting opportunities available in the emerging markets to achieve global prosperity.
E-Learning Activities
Week 1; Activity 1: Ford and Taylorism
The blog will be divided into two paragraphs in which the first paragraph will explain the main ideas extracted from Taylorism and Ford theories and paragraph two would apply the said ideas in an organization.
Paragraph One:
- Changes in production methods: Through his visionary ideas, Ford partnered with Malcomson to form a company which would manufacture cars. His idea was to ensure the manufacturing process was simple and affordable and this was possible by changing car production method, and Taylor’s principles impressed his idea (Ford, 2007, p. 22).
- Elimination of unnecessary workers movements: In his principles, Taylor stated that productivity of individual employees could be improved if only division of labor and specialization….Read More….
Paragraph Two:
The main idea of breaking the long production processes into pieces helps Computershare Limited excel in its IT service provision in Australia. In the past, Computershare adopted a working method which was restrictive….Continue Reading….
Week 2; Activity 2: Pankaj Ghemawat on Globalization
Paragraph One:
Globalization explains the contemporary social and economic development from outsourcing prevalence to the popularity of fusion cuisine. Prof Pankaj Ghemawat, also an economist postulates that a dive into different data proves that global business is not connected in the way that people portray it to be (Ghemawat, 2016. He argues that globalization implies differently for multinationals and not the way business people perceive it.
