Organizational

Database-APA-Article Assignment (30 Points Total—6% of Your Grade)

Instructions

In one of the library databases, locate the article entitled “What Managers Do? A Critical Review of the Evidence” written by Colin P. Hales in 1986. In the space provided below, provide the complete citation for this article (as you would on a reference page), following the APA Guidelines that I provided you in Doc Sharing. This part of the assignment is worth 10 points. Then, read the article and answer the five questions listed below, in the designated “Answer:” space that I have provided. Each question is worth 4 points. Submit your completed assignment to the appropriate dropbox. This assignment is due by 1:00 PM on January 28, 2014.

Reference

Hales, C. P. (1986). What do managers do? A critical review of the evidence. Journal of Management studies, 23(1), 88-115.

Article Questions

1. Approximately how many years of research does Hales review in his article?

Colin P Hales took research materials from 1950’s thru 1980’s. He has recognized that the evidence he is using of 30 years of studies.

2. In reviewing the research on managerial work, who views managerial work as ‘self-contained’?

According to the article Sayles views the managerial work as ‘self contained.’

3. Sayles, Mintzberg, Stewart, and Kotter all provide insights on which three managerial tasks?

The three managerial tasks which all the authors discuss are

1. Planning

2. Co-ordinating

3. Commanding

4. With respect to how managers allocate their time, Burns (1957) found that managers spend what percentage of their time on ‘general management policy’?

Burns (1957) showed senior managers that only 20% of manager’s time was spent on ‘general management policy.’

5. According to Hales, what is the third weakness of the existing studies of managerial behavior?

According to Hales, the third weakness is ‘it is uncertain whether they have identified exclusively managerial...