Identify a prominent management theorist and review and critically evaluate their contribution to management theory and practice

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1) Please download all the supplied and uploaded files and I want you to read all the materials provided.

2) List of management theorists are given, you can choose one from that list

3) Harvard referencing is expected throughout the paper (referencing guidance pdf attached) (IMPORTANT)

4) word count for the paper is 1800 to 2000 words (excluding references, table of contents, executive summary)

5) Please correct all the spelling mistakes and other mistakes before sending me the final documents

6) Use about 15 or more references and never use articles from websites. Please refer books, journal articles etc only.

7) Please note this is a construction related paper, so never write about IT related or other non related fields

8) Structure of the each paper should be as follows

*Executive Summary (this should be a brief snapshot of the whole paper, don’t get confused with conclusion) (word count:about 275 words required)

*”Table of Contents” page

*Introduction (about : 150 words required)

*The Main Body of the work

*Conclusion (about 200 words required)

*References (15 numbers)

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~~ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ~~

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel

Systems theory is generally attributed to the philosopher Hegel (1770-1831)

Hegel suggested that an organisation could be seen as a system and be structured and managed in a systematic way.

~~ Fayol (1949 ~~

The Classical School of management thought was propounded by Fayol (1949).

Fayol is recognised for his treatise on the processes of management.

Five processes of management were suggested by Fayol: (1) forecasting; (2) organising; (3) commanding; (4) co-ordinating; and (5) controlling.

~~Stalker (1961), Fiedler (1967), Lawrence and Lorsch (1967), Rosenzweig (1973) ~~

The principal advocates of contingency theory were Burns and Stalker (1961), Fiedler (1967), Lawrence and Lorsch (1967) and Kast and Rosenzweig (1973).

?Contingency theory suggests that there is no one right way to manage an organisation, that an organisation must be managed in accordance with its situation and environment and it must be amenable to and enable change.

~~Deming (1950) ~~

The work of Deming (1950) is perhaps the most prominent.

Deming propounded the view of quality management within a cycle of plan-do-check-act, or PDCA, a key approach within organisational structure and management today.

The Deming methodology is widely seen within organisational management approach and forms an essential element of international standards-based management systems (e.g., quality management systems – QMS).