THIS EPISODE EXPLAINS THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CONTINGENCY APPROACH WHICH IS AN OFF SHOOT OF THE SYSTEMS APPROACH. IT STATES THAT CONTINGENCY IS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SITUATIONAL APPROACH WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THERE IS NO BEST FIT FOR ANY SITUATION. THE PROPONENTS OF CONTINGENCY THEORY PROPOSED THAT BOTH THE CLASSICAL THE NEO CLASSICAL THEORIES WOULD BE HANDY GIVEN ANY SITUATION IN MANAGEMENT. THE MOST POPULAR PROPONENT OF THIS APPROACH WAS WOODWARD WHO CARRIED OUT A STUDY OF A 100 COMPANIES DRAWING FROM DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF INDUSTRIES. SHE CAME OUT WITH THE RESULTS THAT THE MIX UNIT BATCH AND MASS PRODUCTION WOULD GIVE DIFFERENT RESULTS AS TO ITS MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVES WHEN COMBINED WITH AGE, SIZE. AND THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE FIRM.

THIS EPISODE DESCRIBES IN BRIEF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS APPROACH SINCE THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. THE DISCOVERY OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGERIAL SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT.

THIS EPISODE EXPLAINS THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS THEORY OF CLASSICAL MANAGEMENT. HUGO MUSTERNBERG WHO WAS A PSYCHOLOGIST BY PROFESSION. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAVE IN LABOUR AGITATION IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. HE POSTULATED THAT A WORKER MUST STOO BEING VIEWED AS A MERE RATIONAL BEING AND EVERY MAN OR WOMAN WORKER IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL BEING WITH PERSONAL DESIRES AND THE WILL TO BELONG TO A GROUP. AND THAT A WORKER SHOULD BE MOTIVATED AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND AS A GROUP. THE WHOLE WORLD EXPERIENCED THE SOURGE IN LABOUR UNIONISM.

THIS EPISODE DESCRIBES SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE PIONEER FREDERICK TAYLOR THE THIRD IN LINE OF THE CLASSICAL THEORIST IN ANNALS OF MANAGEMENT. FREDERICK IS THE FATHER OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT THAT THE TWIN STUDY OF METHODOLOGY OF WORK AND THE MEASUREMENTS OF SPECIFIC JOB. SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT IS ALWAYS VIEWED FROM BOTTOM UP AND NOT TOP BOTTOM. SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT IS ACTIVITY BASED POSTULATIONS NOT OPINIONS. IT IS ALWAYS AN INDUCTIVE APPROACH NOT THE DEDUCTIVE APPROACH..

THIS EPISODE DESCRIBES THE EARLY SOURCES OF PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AS BROUGHT DOWN TO US BY HENRI FAYOL IN ITS RUDIMENTARY FORM WE CAN SEE MOST OF THE PRINCIPLES ARE STILL IN USE TODAY. THE EPISODE FURTHER EXPLAINS THE FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT. VIS PLANNING, CONTROLLING, MOTIVATING, COORDINATING COMMUNICATING AND OVERALL ORGANISING OF INDUSTRIAL ENDEAVOR.

THIS EPISODE DESCRIBES THE PRINCIPLES OF CLASSICAL BUREAUCRATIC MANAGEMENT THEORIES OF MAX WEBER. HE PROPOUNDED (1) DIVISION OF LABOUR(2) CENTRALIZATION(3) STRUCTURES (4) HIERARCHY (5) PROFESSIONALISM (6) CAREER PURSUITS (7) RULES AND REGULATIONS ALSO PROCEDURES(8) LEGAL AUTHORITY. I ALSO DESCRIBE MAX WEBERS FUNCTIONS OF BUREUCRACY MAX WEBER BELIEVES (1) SPECIALIZATION (2)STRUCTURE(3)PREDICTABLE SITUATIONS (4)LIBERALITY.

THIS EPISODE DESCRIBES THE REASONS WHY MANAGER IS AN ART AND ALSO A SCIENCE. AN ART BECAUSE OF THE INNATE GIFTS MANAGERS NEED TO CARRY OUT THEIR DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES. THEIR EXPERIENCES AND THE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS IS MOST CASES WILL BE BASED ON BUNCHES AND SIXTH SENSE. WE HAVE OVER THE CENTURIES SEEN SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAGNATES WITHOUT FORMAL BUSINESS SCHOOL EDUCATION BUT SINCE CANNOT BE CONSIDERED A UNIVERSAL ADVANTAGE THEN THAT HAS BROUGHT US TO THE FACT OF PRODUCING MEN WITH MANAGERIAL SKILLS TO FILL OUR INDUSTRIES WITH WELL TRAINED MANAGERS. SO THEREFORE MANAGEMENT MAY NOW GO SCIENTIFIC. LUCKILY WE HAVE GATHERED A BODY MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE USED AT MANAGEMENT SCHOOLS FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE PURSUIT MANAGEMENT IS NOW UNIVERSAL. THERE WERE PIONEERS IN THIS FIELD WORTH MENTIONING. THE EARLY PIONEERS ARE (1) MAX WEBER(2) HENRI FAYOL (3) FREDERICK TAYLOR (4) HUGO MUSTERNBERG. AND OTHER NEO CLASSISIST CONTRIBUTORS.

WE AT TRUPUTLIFECOACH ARE GEARED AND PREPARED TO PROMOTE THE DISCIPLINE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT THROUGH ONLINE COACHING. THE RECENT PANDEMIC GAVE ROOM FOR NEW WAYS OF WHICH WE CAN TEACH MANAGEMENT. THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT OF NIGERIA IN RECENT TIME HAD URGED COACHING CENTRES ALL ACROSS NIGERIA TO EMBRACE ONLINE COACHING. WE AT TRUPUTLIFECOACH IN LINE WITH THE SYLLABUS OF CIPMN ARE FORGING AHEAD WITH ONLINE COACHING. OUR AREA OF SPECIALISATION IS COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION EXAMINATIONS OF THE INSTITUTE. THIS EXAMINATION IS PART OF THE INSTITUTE PROGRAMME AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. WITH THE TRADITIONAL TWO DIETS IN A YEAR WE AT TRUPUTLIFECOACH WILL PREPARE YOU FOR THE EXAMS. TRUPUTLIFECOACH WILL PODCAST EPISODES THAT WILL HELP YOU PASS YIUR FAVOURED CIPMN EXAMS. JUST SUBSCRIBE AND DOWNLOAD OUR EPISODES FREE OF CHARGE.