Working in Organisations
Order Description
Task 1: Essay [no more than 1,500 words]
Using two of the four forms of control (Knights and Willmott, 2012) as a framework, discuss the benefits and challenges of these methods of management. You should also
explore the implications these managerial issues provoke in relation to your own practice as a manager or as an employee.
In answering this question you are expected to use relevant theories, models and ideas as well as the stipulated forms of control framework, and pay particular
attention to assembling both a coherent and critical argument.
Task 2: Reflective commentary [no more than 500 words]
Provide a reflective commentary on the implications of Tony Watson’s article for both:
your own practice as a manager or employee and
your learning as a student.
Chosen frameworks are:
1. Control through rules and procedures
2. Control through performance
