1he lecLurer ldenLlfled 3 maln groups of challenges and she wanLs us Lo use Lhem ln Lhe essay As Lhls

ls baslcally Lhe framework for Lhe essay she wanLs us Lo flnd examples and addlLlonal llLeraLure on
our own
1 Puman are complex dlfferenL problemaLlc 1hey are even more complex Lhan we could
undersLand 1he complexlLy comes from Lhe facL LhaL we have conLradlcLlng and confllcLlng
needs and wanLs
eople make dlfferenL assumpLlons abouL oLher people Lhey may be correcL or maybe noL
1hese assumpLlons are usually Loo slmpllsLlc one P8 Lheory ls never golng Lo explaln one's
drlves and moLlves
eople are also consldered raLlonal ln all Lhelr acLlons whlch may noL apply Lo all people
2 P8M ls sLrucLured around an anLagonlsLlc relaLlonshlp namely Lhe employer wanLs Lo save
money and use you whlle Lhe employee wanLs Lo earn as much as posslble and do as llLLle as
posslble Powever Lhls problem ls manageable ln Lwo ways
a) 8y force Lhe one wlLh Lhe mosL resources has Lhe greaLesL power Lhls ls Lhe employer
1hls power can be enforced by procedures legal rules conLracLs 1hls Lype of
managemenL ls called sclenLlflc managemenL (bureaucracy 1aylorlsm lordlsm)
b) Powever employees have ways of reslsLlng Lhls power collecLlve bargalnlng power
lor example slnce Lhere are always unclear areas ln conLracLs Lhey can be used by
employees Lo reslsL/bargaln Pow can we manage collecLlve bargalnlng power Lhen? 1he
answer ls ln lnLroduclng Lhe selfownershlp concepL ln Lhls way we wlll be able Lo
manage Lhelr bellefs
lurallsm ls also a way of managlng lL lncludes employers asklng employees for Lhelr
oplnlons on order Lo make Lhe relaLlonshlp more effecLlve Pence Lhe drlve Lo success
becomes much sLronger because lL ls lnLernallzed (whlch comes from Lhe employees
bellefs LhaL Lhey have valuable conLrlbuLlon even lf lL ls [usL an llluslon) Pere we can ask
Lhe quesLlon how real ls Lhls selfownershlp and how ofLen employers acLually Lake lnLo
accounL employees oplnlons WhaL ln facL Lhe employer ls managlng ls employees'
bellefs LhaL Lhey are Laken lnLo conslderaLlon
3 ConLemporary challenges of our Llmes
a) Labour markeL physlcal [obs are dlsappearlng or are belng ouLsourced
b) CloballzaLlon
c) ManufacLurlng economy versus knowledge economy we as P8 managers look for
dlfferenL quallLles and skllls now
d) uemographlcs people llve longer women work dlverse workforce governmenL
regulaLlons lnsLead of Lrade unlons