MGT5031: Assignment #3
Sunday, August 27th, 2006I am almost finished with chapters 19-23 in the Wren’s “The History of Management Thought”, the text for MGT 5031. I have about 20 pages to go.
I really enjoyed reading the first half of this book, but this last part is not as interesting. Unfortunately, I am not gathering as much information as I read as I did in the first two parts.
I am puzzling over this final paper. I have read some of the discussion boards to see what others are writing but I have not found “my” subject yet.
Here is how I read the text…..I have several pads of the small colored 2″ x 1.5″ sticky notes with me as I read. When I come across a section that is relevant to my paper, or that gives me some insight that I believe will assist me with my paper, I put a sticky note on the page. My book usually ends up with about 50 sticky notes sticking out of the side. If the sticky note is holding my page, it goes at the top. If the sticky note is relevant to my paper, it goes on the side. If it marks a page that I need to re-read or define a term or if I discover something that I don’t understand completely, I put the sticky note sticking out the bottom of the book. The various colors also mean things to me. This system certainly may not work for you, but it does for me!
Here is my Wren book – See the sticky notes?
Assignment #3 (Modern and Future Management)
For your third and final assignment, select an industry that has emerged within the past 5 to 20 years. Discuss the industry’s current management, challenges, and opportunities. Offer your own thoughts on where you think this industry will continue to evolve in terms of its business management.
Hmmmm, 5 to 20 years. My son is 21 and my daughter is 22 so I am focusing on industries that have “emerged” during my motherhood lifespan.
I know of quite a few industries that have come and gone (disco dancing, stack heels, bad hair …….), but I need to find one that will have academic writings on its management, challenges and opportunities. The most obvious (to me) is cell phones and internet access, but I want this paper to pack some punch and do not want to choose the obvious.
The countdown is 26 days to finish this course……