` Personal Application Assignment

Instructions

` Personal Application Assignment

For this Assignment:

What is your own theory of management? You can describe it in words or draw it as a model. (Keep a copy for yourself so that you can modify it as the course proceeds and you progress through the program you can see how your theory of management changes).

Based on your theory of management and today’s environment, answer the following questions:

What blind spots could your theory lead you to have?

What personal values seem to underlie your theory; that is, “People, managers, or organizations should/not _______(what?).”

What implicit assumptions, if any are you making about human nature or human motivation?

What skills do you think are necessary to be a “master” manager?

Which of these skills do you already possess?

What skills would you like to work on during this course?

Write an action plan for learning these skills. How will you work on it? How will you know when your skills have improved?