Management and Organizational Theory

The most fundamentally important ideas in management are leadership, personality,

motivation, decision-making and communication. In my experience as a teacher and specialist in

the Department of Education, a good and effective manager or director is first and foremost a leader.

A well-rounded manager or director has a personable personality and can engage and motivate a

multitude of different personalities. In my experience, well-rounded managers and directors also

have the ability to assess situations and people and make well-supported and smart decisions. By

doing so, the daily goals fall into place and things get accomplished much easier. Someone who is

a true leader in an organization sets the example for others to follow. Subsequently they bring the

organization to a better place by doing so, and more or less change the personality of the

organization.

On the other hand, organizational theory gives an insight of the study of organizations and

the process of organization. In a firm it states the goals and activities in an organization, and

application of knowledge about how individuals or groups of people act within an organization.

Psychologists provide an insight into individual or group behavior within an organization and the

effects of such behavior in the organization. Organization theory also seeks to explain the

relationship of the organization with its surrounding environment. The objective of the theories is

to explain why an organization has the structure it has in things such as power centralization,

mechanisms of coordination and control. Organization theories are also designed to offer clear

and comprehensive guide to the study of the organizational structures and the organization

process. It offers an appreciation of the various perspectives pointing to the challenges of

organizations. It offers ways in which organizations can be analyzed in relation to the

environment, as a social structure, in relation to technology and as a product of power process.