Portfolio Part A: Academic essay comparing traditional and contemporary approaches of management.

• Write a short academic essay based on the content covered in weeks 1 to 6 by comparing traditional (classical) and contemporary approaches ofmanagement.
• Recommended word count: 500 words.

Learning Outcome (LO)

LO1: Identify major developments in the history of managerial thought.

LO2: Understand the impact between classical and contemporary approaches to management.

Your task:

In this part of the portfolio your academic essay should:

Compare classical and contemporary approaches of management as discussed in the Competing Values Framework by clearly showing the knowledge you gained in the lectures/seminars and by including the literature recommended.

Assessment criteria:

• Presents an understanding of the historical development of management theory by using the Competing ValuesFramework.
• Discusses management theories and comparesapproaches.
• Presents work clearly and accurately using the appropriate personal expressionand organisational form (i.e., follows recommended structure, uses third person to refer to information from literature and references sources correctly by using the Harvard ReferencingSystem).