Addis Ababa Science & Technology University College of Applied Science

Addis Ababa Science & Technology University
College of Applied Science

Department of Industrial Chemistry
Industrial Management ( INCH 5113)
Group Assignment
MSc 1st year, 1st semester
By:
Anania Rata …………….FTP 1210/11
Alemayew Erjebo ……….GSR 076/14
Tarekegn Getinet………..GSR 080/14
10/06/2022 Industrial Management 1

OUT LINES
 Industrial revolution experience and Ethiopian context

 Experience of management thoughts and Ethiopian context
 The essence of learning management
 Resource based view and Industrial Organization analysis
 1+1=10, Do you agree?
 EEFRI’s Strategic planning and operational planning practice
 EEFRI’s Systematic effort of organizing activities and staffing
 EEFR’s best fit leadership theory and style
 Why employees are lost motivation and how overcome?

1. Explain the experiences human kind harvested through the
development of industrial revolution. How do you think these
experiences might be employed by contemporary industries in
Ethiopia? Explain.

Industrial revolution experience and Ethiopian context

Industrial revolution experience and Ethiopian context
 Makes to utilize human being mind its resources wisely

 Changed life style
 Agricultural revolution and mechanization (Engine and heat)
 Adoption of factory and technology
 Adoption of electricity and transportation/rail way
 Organized way of operation
 Improved Communication ( Computers & electronics)
 Adoption of artificial intelligence

IR experience in globe and in Ethiopia
•The world who harvested the experience

are trying to live on mars (other planet),
but still we can’t afford basic needs.
•Ethiopia was late in harvesting

experience from the industrial
revolutions.
•If we have practiced IR experiences we

were world leading country in
civilization and wealth not in war!
•We recommend it is better to liberate

Ethiopians mind and eradicate current
knowledge economy.

2. Compare and contrast the learning curve differences among the
evolution of the management thoughts that our industries might
employ in their contemporary management sphere.

Experience of management thoughts and Ethiopian context
Pre-classical Scientific
Management thought
Traditional
Administrative
Classical
Bureaucratic
Human Relation
Neo Classical
Behavioural
Quantitative
Modern
Contingency

 Traditional school of thought had contains different frictions of
ideas which was not rational, and it was free will. It is not
scientific management theory until the classical emerge.
 Classical school of thought contributed the way of improving
employee efficiency, productivity efficiency, built strong
organization structures, administration hierarchy.
 Neoclassical thought has contributed the individual and social
effect on the industry productivity.
 Modern school of thought contributed the mathematical approach
to for productivity, decision making and contextual approach for
each situational events.
 All management thought philosophies contributed their own
significant attributes in social , political and economical
developments.
Cont’d …
 How ever each have their own limitations but still today they are
functional contextually.
 Real estate, insurance, agricultural investors, and several manufacturing
companies who needs much productivity shall follow scientific
management thought.
 Police, military or defence force sectors are better to follow
administrative management thought approach.
 Bank, hospitals, universities, federal ministries, and public services are

just a few of the institutions and industries that best fit this concept of
bureaucratic management thought in our country.
 Pharmaceuticals, beverages, food complex, plastics, soap and

detergents, and others which need stoichiometric ratios better to follow
quantitative management thought approach.

3.What is the importance of studying about management in
general and industrial management in particular?

The essence of learning management
To predict To
and solve improve
future life
challenge standard
Why learn
Job manageme Understan
opportunit nt? ding
y oneself
Optimize
Improve
utilization
communic
of
ation
resource
Cont’d …
Create
Establishi
well
ng
organized
objectives
env’t
Why learn
Industrial
Taking up manageme Cost
challenges nt? reducing
Make
sound &
Achieve
competitiv
group
e
objectives
organizati
on
4.What is/are the similarities and differences between
industrial organization (I/O) view and resources based view of
environment analysis. Compare and contrast.

The Difference between RBV and(I/O)
 Resource based view approach  Industrial organization (I/O)
 Focus on organization’s internal approach
environment weakness and  Focus on external environment of
strength. organization
 Aims at strength and weakness  Aims at opportunities and threats.
 Focus on organizations internal  Focus on the competitors and
resources attractiveness of other industries.
Similarities of RBV and I/O
 Both use a strategic approach to strengthen the organization.
 Both of them have common objective to achieve a competitive

advantage in the marketplace.
 Both of them focuses at enhancing the capability and capacity of the

frim.

5. In management, scholars argue that, 1 + 1 = 10. Do you
agree? Explain.

1+1 = 10 do you agree ?
 Yes, we agree.
 1+1 never equals 10 in a mathematical operating system, but there is a
way in management.
 Management scholars usually rely on critical thinking and accessible
data (scientific literature, internal data, professional knowledge,
stakeholder values and concerns)
 When two or more organizations, technologies, resources, or other

agents interact or cooperate, the sum of their combination effect is
greater than the sum of their individual effects.
 The whole is greater than the sum of the part.
 When different firms cooperate for common goal which they can’t
attain/achieve solely.
Part II. Practical part based on EEFRI observation.
6. Strategic Planning Practices and Operational planning practice:

How are they stated? Make thorough analysis and suggest possible
ways of improvement.

Historical Background of EEFRI
 EEFRI is one of autonomous federal research institutes of Ethiopia
 It was established in 1975 .

 EEFRI was constituted by regulation number 327 on December
26/2014

EEFRI's strategic planning practice
Set ten-year (2016 to 2025) strategic plan to be Africa's leading
institute for green environmental, forestry, and climate change
research.
The plan identifies the primary areas of financial and non-financial
resources it should be directed toward:
 technology development
research coordination
capacity training
 system development and technology dissemination.

EEFRI's operational plan in practice
• The EEFRI organization uses this strategy to predetermine the
day- to-day actions of their organization
• Splits the tasks outlined in the strategic plan into small groups of
tasks, as well as forming small teams capable of performing better
on the divided duties.
• It is sound operational planning, but still the strategic planning
practice is poor so when amending the strategic planning practice
influence the operational practice.
• Hence solutions suggested in the strategic planning are useful to

strength and also operational planning practice.

Weakness of EEFRI’s strategic planning practice
• Poor leadership style
• Poor stakeholder communication
• Lack of budget and research facilities
• Unable to persuade the government (not a sound plan)
• Shortage of machinery and trucks.

Suggested solution for EEFRI's strategic planning practice
• Revisioning the strategy plan, invite expertise and front liners,

restructure the organization allow participative leadership style
• Searching for extra funds to meet the aim without compromising
the budget , make the plan more defendable and convincing to
government officials.
• Having additional research centers.
• Employees should receive both long and short-term training no
knowledge gap .

7. How systematic was the effort of organizing the activities and
staffing: do you evaluate it efficient and/or effective? What
improvement ideas can you suggest for the sought excellence?

Cont’d …
DG
DDG Administrative
Research Supportive staff

Directorates Directorates

How EEFRI organize activities and staffing
 We have determined that EEFRI's organizational structure is
ineffective and inefficient.
 Its staffing shows resources were not properly allocated to

evaluate duties assigned to each employee in order to achieve
organizational objectives and aims.
 Similarly, actions in people's relationships, duties, and all of

the organization's resources are not connected and coordinated
to fulfil the strategic goal.

Cont’d …
 Even though the schematic diagram is appealing, the system is
poorly authorised, making it incomprehensible.
 There are two wings, as seen in the diagram.
 The research wing is the first (favoured), and the administrative

wing is the second.
 Because of the framework and bureaucratic leadership style,

employee motivation is low, it does not allow for the involvement
of all subordinates on an equal footing.
 The biggest issue is that support personnel earns less money and get
fewer benefits than researchers.

Proposed solutions
 Allow participation of all subordinates and staffs in planning
(open system)
 The staffing needs to revise and redefine the job descriptions

and empower supportive administrations in order to make it
smart enough.
 Job specifications should be based on profession/right work for

right personnel.
 Employees must be motivated, managers must be enough to

adopt a dynamic environment; and there should not information
gap.

8. Which leadership theory and style you think fits most the
context of the organization you selected? Justify why so is such
the most fit theory and style?

EEFRI’s best fit leadership theory and style
• The EEFRI is best suited for behavioral theory and participative

leadership style
• Its current reality is built on a bureaucratic leadership style
• EEFRI is a research institute that relies on individual researchers

to incorporate new technology, ideas, innovations, and
philosophies into their projects in order to enrich the entire system.

9. Complain of managers on lowering of employee motivation and
its improvement strategy.
 Yes, we agree.
 In the workplace, motivation is the desire to put out effort toward the
company's goals and objectives, hence meeting some personal demands.
 However, motivation is really difficult to come by these days for a variety of

reasons.
 Lack of appropriate leadership styles not encourage employees to develop

objectives and goals in their position .
 Lack of job advancement opportunities, financial benefits, positive work

environment, job security , flexible work schedules, professional development
opportunities, and pride.

Suggested solutions to overcome
1. Organisation shall follow appropriate leadership style
2. Leaders should recognize their good works and deal them

accordingly
3. Organization design appropriate method so as to maintain the
progress of day to day tasks.
4. Executives must provide job advancement opportunities, financial

benefits, making attractive safe working environment, positive
company culture, make flexible work schedule, guide and provide
professional and psychological trainings.
5. Understanding their feeling, life problems and try to help them.


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10/06/2022 Industrial Management 1

 Industrial revolution experience and Ethiopian context

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 2

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 3

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 4

 Makes to utilize human being mind its resources wisely

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 5

•The world who harvested the experience

•Ethiopia was late in harvesting

•If we have practiced IR experiences we

•We recommend it is better to liberate

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 6

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 7

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 8

 Bank, hospitals, universities, federal ministries, and public services are

 Pharmaceuticals, beverages, food complex, plastics, soap and

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 10

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 11

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 14

 Both of them have common objective to achieve a competitive

 Both of them focuses at enhancing the capability and capacity of the

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 15

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 16

 When two or more organizations, technologies, resources, or other

 The whole is greater than the sum of the part.

6. Strategic Planning Practices and Operational planning practice:

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 18

 EEFRI is one of autonomous federal research institutes of Ethiopia

 It was established in 1975 .

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 19

 system development and technology dissemination.

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 20

• Hence solutions suggested in the strategic planning are useful to

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 21

• Poor stakeholder communication

• Lack of budget and research facilities

• Unable to persuade the government (not a sound plan)

• Shortage of machinery and trucks.

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 22

• Revisioning the strategy plan, invite expertise and front liners,

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 23

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 24

Research Supportive staff

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 25

 Its staffing shows resources were not properly allocated to

 Similarly, actions in people's relationships, duties, and all of

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 26

 There are two wings, as seen in the diagram.

 The research wing is the first (favoured), and the administrative

 Because of the framework and bureaucratic leadership style,

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 27

 The staffing needs to revise and redefine the job descriptions

 Job specifications should be based on profession/right work for

 Employees must be motivated, managers must be enough to

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 28

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 29

• The EEFRI is best suited for behavioral theory and participative

• EEFRI is a research institute that relies on individual researchers

10/06/2022 Industrial Management 30

 However, motivation is really difficult to come by these days for a variety of

 Lack of appropriate leadership styles not encourage employees to develop