Managing Organisations Assignment
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Running head: MANAGING ORGANISATIONS Managing Organisations[Discuss how Perceptual Errors, Attributions and Biases are Important in Managerial Decisions]Name of the student:Name of the university;Author note:
1MANAGING ORGANISATIONSThe chosen topic for essay covers the importance of perceptual errors, attributions andbiases in the managerial decisions. It is of primary importance to understand the different termsas used in the essay topic. Perceptual errors in context to managerial decisions mean making upthe perceptions built upon the information which may or may not be true. However, managersproceed with such assumptions just to handle the situation appropriately. Attributions are a set ofbehaviours which are used to explain an action. Managers use different attributes and preventthem from making direct comments. Biases express the inclination of managers for or against aperson or group. The way managers follow to be biased may be considered unfair (Reamer2015). The study answers the essay topic which considers perceptual errors, attributions andbiases as important for contemporary managers for making the decisions. The study comparesthe contemporary theories of management with the management practices to identify the needs togo away from the theoretical beliefs if at all there is any such deviation. Moreover, the study alsorecommends a few considerations for future for the managers and the learner being in themanagerial position.Contemporary theories of management: Contingency theory is one of the contemporarytheories of management that gives or speaks of the insight of managers. The theory governs afact that managers must have the qualities to adapt to the different circumstances and make thedecisions accordingly. It means that managers need to exhibit the suitable leadership stylesaccording to the workforce they are working with (Dickmann, Brewster and Sparrow 2016).Hence, in the light of the theory, it can be governed that it is advisable to use the autocratic stylewhile leading employees in China and the Persian Gulf. Participative leadership style formanagers leading a hospital or a hotel should be the highly preferred choice. The theory also
2MANAGING ORGANISATIONSmeans that managers must have the capability to adjust to the different situations. Hence, there isa need for multi-leadership traits in managers. Systems theory can be defined as the schools of thought that support a multidimensionalapproach for managers. The traditional managers had their tendency to be confined to just onepart of the operation while not caring for the others. However, systems theory advocates havingconcerns for more than just one part. This means the managerial decisions must not be confinedjust to one department but, it should also have an understanding of the interrelated departments(Liu and Stening 2016). For example, managers must be able to coordinate with the differentHODs and must also understand the area of expertise which each department deals with. In thisway, managers will be able to have an effective understanding of the different departments andtheir requirement for resources. Chaos theory states that system goes towards a much complex stage. The systemsnaturally go to the complexity and consequently, produce the more structural changes within theorganization. The structural changes are required also to cope with the increasing complexity atthe organizational level. For example, business needs to consider a structural change while goingfor a new venture. This is required because the existing organizational structure may not befeasible for the new markets. Additionally, the startup of a new venture also means that‘systems’ is becoming more complex due to the added requirements of resources to support thenew ventures (Pinnington et al. 2015).Contingency theory when applied to the workplace produces a few very importantmanagerial behaviours that also include their inability to cope with the cultural differences.Managers are found as struggling to adapt to the business cultures in the foreign countries. There
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