Title: Week 2
Course: Principles of Management

Historical foundation of management

Aim of the topic: To introduce you to the historical foundation of management.

Intended learning outcomes: At the end of this topic, you will be able to;

1. Describe the historical foundation of management.
2. Discuss contributions of various schools of thought of management.
3. Point to the future of management.

Over to you: Before you come to class this week there are some fundamental concepts that you will explore in the pre-topic activity i.e. Resource 2.  In class, we are going to ensure that you have a clear grasp of the concepts before you start to derive your own definitions of these ideas.  There will also be some reading for you to do. You will read Historical foundation of management, and chapter 3 from the book Management Principles. You will also read the article  at https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-principlesmanagement/chapter/why-it-matters-history-of-management/ that will help to consolidate your understanding of some key aspects of management and be able to complete e-tivities for this week.

E-tivities:  Attempt the e-tivities in order to achieve the intended learning outcomes for the week.

E-tivity 2.1: The purpose of this e-tivity is to enable you explain the various schools of thought of management.

Tasks:

- Read the website from OER Africa on development management thought available at:https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-principlesmanagement/chapter/introduction-bureaucratic-management/
- Describe the characteristics of bureaucracy.
- Describe Fayol's five duties of management.
- Submit these as one document under Assignment 1 week 2.

E-tivity 2.2: The purpose of this activity is to help you discuss the contributions of various schools of thought of management.

Tasks:

- The interaction with the article in e-tivity 2.1 above will assist you compile a table to summarize contributions of various school of management to modern management in the format shown in Table 1 in Resource 2.
- Submit under Assignment 2 week 2.

E-tivity 2.3: In your groups, discuss the future of management in light of the historical foundations that you have learnt in e-tivities 2.1 and 2.2. Submit your discussion in the next or under Group discussion 1 week 2.

Anticipated time required for the e-tivities: 5 hrs