Management Theory and Practice

Solution Preview

Management is one of the most valuable entities within an organization as a result; the role of management is all encompassing in which they are required to know more than their fair share of daily responsibilities. Not only should management understand intrinsic operations within the parameters of delegation, development, and bookkeeping, management must also acknowledge ethical implications for each decision. "Abraham Maslow published his theories about personality and motivation, which suggested that motivation, is an inner drive to obtain a personal goal. Depending upon the individual, goals addressed physiological, safety, esteem, belonging, and "doing the very best possible" needs" (Ninemeier and Hayes, 2006).
Managers must understand how to converse with staff members in a respectable and responsible manner as to not offend anyone. In today's society, managers must be culturally sensitive to avoid biases. For example, during my Master's of Fine Art's program one of my mentor's informed the class how important it is to be accepting of all people, in terms of the entertainment industry, she was mostly referring to the LGBT community. The reason my mentor mentioned this community is because most of the leaders in production and development are either members of the LGBT community or strong supporters of the community, therefore if we (my class) plan to sell screenplays we should be culturally sensitive. This is perhaps one of the most challenging ethical dilemmas management might face. For example, what should a manager with strong religious views do if they lead subordinates who are affiliated with the LGBT community?

Management may face serious challenges, for example, HR managers may participate in hiring new staff members. On the surface the managers are searching for individual who are an organizational fit with the organization. There are employees who get along exceptionally well with other workers and managers, alike. Unfortunately, management only hired one dominant race, thus alienating other ethnicities that possess the same qualifications as the selected dominate race. Several years ago management was simply a specialized staff function, management, during my previous organization had multipurpose functions such as legal requirements for hiring decisions. When I worked in the ...