Management Theories for Resolving Leadership and Management Issues

This article discusses the application of three management theories, namely Human Relations Motivation Theory, Maslow Need theory, and Bureaucracy need, to resolve leadership and management issues in the workplace. It also explores the organizational structure of the new company AB after the merger of two big firms in the fast food sector.

MANAGEMENT: PUTTING THEORIES IN PRATICES
INTRODUCTION
Management theories are those application which helps the
organization by recommending them the theories which can help them
in making strategies that can be implement by the companies in this
dynamic surrounding. These theories help them in improving the
communication line, solving issues, focus on more important area of
the company.
TASK 1 Three management theories to resolve the leadership and
management issues
After the merger the company faces a lot of issue which act as hurdle in
the workplace. The problem that arises in the new entity AB are lack of
staff motivation, ineffective team work, communication gap, cultural
issues, lack of effective utilisation of resources, lower retention rate etc.
To solve these issue, the Behavioural management theory will be used.
Human Relations Motivation Theory: Maslow Need theory:
Bureaucracy need: This theory was developed by the Elton Mayo and
is motivation theory that need to be adopted in the workplace. In this
theory Mayo conduct a study which is known as Hawthorne studies.
This experiment is conducted with large number of employee who are
working there. This is done to known what factor are useful for the
employee to boost their motivation and increases team effectiveness
Maslow Need theory: This theory was developed by Abraham Maslow.
In this theory the need of the employee is been ranked from bottom to
top. A hierarchy is preparing and their need, wants and desire are
placed accordingly. There are five needs of employee. To retain
employee and increase motivation there need is to be priorities on that
basis.

Bureaucracy need: This need is being describe by Max Weber. This
bureaucracy need is the most effective theory in the time of merger.
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TASK 2: Organisational structure of new company AB
An organisation structure is a term which clearly established a
framework from top manger to the lower manger. This structure is form
so that employee could know to whom to report and how many
departments are there in an organisation. Here activities are being
directed towards achieving the goals.
In the above structure it is been noted that after the merger of company
A and B, the new structure will be three level of manger, the top level,
middle level and the lower level.
Top Level: Top level managers are those who will responsible for
making plans, policies and procedure for the working of the
organisation.
Middle level: The middle level is those departments which are
responsible for whole working. They act as a linkage between top level
and lower level.
Lower level: They are those people who actually watches the
performance and make sure that production is been done.
This theory explains the organisational
structure of the company. A proper
hierarchy is being designed to tell
employee who is their supervisor and
who are the subordinate. In this theory
more importance is given to Authority.

COCLUSION
From the above poster it is been concluded that management theories
are important for managing the issue that was created in the new entity
AB. The issues which arises in this is because of either by human
resources or by the unclear organization structure. So to solve the
problem the behavioural theory is being used so that behaviour of the
employee can be changes into the positive way and also find which
strategy will help them.
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In the poster three management theories is been applied that are
Human Relations Motivation Theory, Maslow Need theory and
Bureaucracy need. By using these theories organization role is also
being defined. In this organization structure is also been discussed
which is formed by the merger. The organisation structure that
company created is functional structure because the organisation is a
big food sector company and in big organisation it is very important to
know the structure so that a clear picture can be get about the levels.
The organisation structure not only helps to know the level of hierarchy
but also allows the company to know the pay roll of the employee.

Management: putting theories in practice (NOTES)
Introduction: If the mangers use these theories, then they can get advantage in achieving the goals in short time period. When they are applied in the
companies then they can priorities the top concerned area in the organisation. Putting theories in daily practices also help in building the skills and
knowledge of which management style is to be implement according to the need of the situation. They also help the top level management authority to
take an effective decision by developing a systematic approach of the solution. While making the poster as a trainee consultant who is working in Stuart
and Allen Associate the work is provided to make a poster which will cover the topic of the management theory which is needed to solve the problem and
the organisation structure of the new company is been discussed. The two companies which are covered in this are company A (Which is a big firm in fast
food sector) and company B which is been merged by the company A and a new entity is form with the name of AB.
TASK 1 Three management theories to resolve the leadership and management issues
It is being used as it main focus is on human behaviour in the workplace. The theorist in this says that their main focus is who they can understand the
human behaviour after the merger. By applying this theory on the above issues a better understanding can be made on motivation, conflicts, team
dynamic problem can be solved. In this application employees are treated as some individual assets which helps in enhancing productivity. The three
theory which will be applied by the line manger are:
Human Relations Motivation Theory: Many experiment is done to the employee to known the outcome. One of the study done is to know the lighting is
useful to increase productivity or not, two groups are formed by selecting random employees. One group is control group and other is improved group. In
this experiment a proper lighting level is provided to control group and the level of lighting is being constantly changing from dim to fast light. It was
noted that both of the group productivity increases even when light is dim. Other experiments are like bank wiring room experiment, relay assembly
experiments and other. By all the studies it is found that employees are not motivated by the salary or working condition what is important is the team
work and a good relation with one another. So this theory should be implemented in the AB company after merger to make a good relation with team and
reducing the communication gap.

Maslow Need theory: The needs are Physiological needs, safety needs, belonging need, esteem need and self-actualization need. The need is safety as
first basic need to self-actualization need. During merger the employees needs are also frame accordingly so the behaviour of employees can be
maintained.
Bureaucracy need: So that a proper official environment can be build and rules and regulation will be made according to that. By implement this
application proper utilisation of resources can be done and goals can be achieved in effective manner. The adoption of this also help the organization to
grow into a big organisation that will follow formal structure.
TASK 2: Organisational structure of new company AB
This is also form to know how information will flow between the department. There are five types of organization structure functional, divisional, matrix,
team and networking. In the current new entity, the Organisational structure that will form will be Functional. In this structure activities or units which are
similar in nature are put together. They are different department in it. Production, marketing, finance and human resource departments. As the two big
firm are being merged so the new entity that will form will also be large so this type of organisation structure will be there. In below image the
organisation structure of the AB is been discussed:
Top Level: In the company AB the CEO and board of director are the persons who will be at the stage of top level manger. The person sitting at that
position will take all the decision on behalf of the company. The information in this will flow from top to bottom approach.
Middle level: They are those people which with their leadership skill convert the input into output. The departments include in this level are finance
department, production, marketing, supply chain and restaurant department. As the AB is a fast food sector company so they have a separate department
of restaurant chain. The different department do the various activities related to their field of expertise
Lower level: There are so many person comes who are included in this like country head, steward, chef, regional sale manger, account manager, logistic
department and many more. This is the lowest level and if they want to communicate they has to follow bottom to top approach.
Define an organization structure is important because with the help of these salary of a person is being decided. A very clear and transparent
organization helps employee to better know their job role and description to be done.
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