A203 - People, Change and Management
Seminar Group B
Group Member Name
1 Michelle Loon
Joyz Sim
2 Shandy Poh
Caroline Lim
3 Sheena Poh
Tan Xiaolian
4 Karin Goh
Joyce Liu
5 Brendon Chen
Kang Kai
6 Chew Yang
Daniel Koo
7 Yin Qunyao
Jann Teo
8 Jacqueline Tan
Zhang Ruixian
9 Peter Ng
Daniel Lin
10 Joshua Chen
Wilson Lim
11 Tan Hwee Cheng
See Yong Ren
12 Lee Wei Zhi
Roy Teh
A203 - People, Change and Management
Seminar Group B
SeminarTopic Reading Exam QnPresenters
1 Taylorism and Fordism Taylor, P and Bain, P (1999),
"An assembly line in the head" 5, 7 Shandy Poh
Work and employee relations in a call centre Caroline Lim
Industrial Relations Jounal, 30, 2, 101
2 Weber and Bureaucracy Thompson and Mchugh (2002) Taylor,
Weber and the Bureaucratisation of the Workplace 8, 9 , 6 Daniel Lin
Peter Ng
Ritzer, G
"McDonaldization and its Precusors 10, 11 Sheena Poh
Tan Xiaolian
Gabriel, Y (2005)
Glass cages and glass palaces : images of organization 12, 13 Jacqueline Tan
in image conscious times, Organization, 12, 1, 9-27 Zhang Ruixian
3 Human Relations Roberts, J (1984)
The Moral Character of Management Practice, 14, 15 Karin Goh
Journal of management studies, 21, 3, 287 Joyce Liu
Rose, M (1988)
"Reassessing Human Relations" (102-112) 16, 17 Joshua Chen
Wilson Lim
4 Organization Culture Smircich, L (1983) Concepts of Culture and Organizational
18,
Analysis in Administrative Science Quarterly, 28, 3, 339-358 19 Yin Qunyao
Jann Teo
Van-Maanen, J (1991)
"The Simile Factory: Work at Disneyland, in Frost, P et al20, 21 Michelle Loon
(eds)
Reframing Organizational Culture, Newbury Park, Sage Joyz Sim
5 Labour Process Theory Braverman, H (1974) 22, 23 Brendon Chen
Labor and Monopoly Captital, Intoduction and Chapter 1 Kang Kai
Knights and Willmott, (1990) 24, 25 Chew Yang
Labour Process Theory, Introductory chapter Daniel Koo
6 Critical Management Studies
Parker, M (2002)
Against Management, Chapter 6, 115-133 1, 2 Lee Wei Zhi
Roy Teh
Contu, A. Grey, C. Ortenblad, A. (2003)
Against Learning, Human Relations, 56, 8, 931-54 3, 4 Tan Hwee Cheng
See Yong Ren
7 Diversity Organizations Cooke, B (2003)
The denial of Slavery in Management Studies All
Journal of Management Studies, 40, 8, 1895-1918
Sturdy, A J and Gabriel, Y (2000)
"Missionaries, Mercenaries or Car Salesman ? All
MBA teaching in Malaysia", journal of Management Studies,
Vol 37, No 7, pp 979-1002
8 Rethinking Management Student bring examples of current issues in management and society All
and subject them to critical analysis and investigation
Approaching the Classes
● Two Readings/Presentations in each class
● Describe;
− Main points of Reading
− Relevance to Topic
− Strengths
− Weakness
● Seminar Leader acts as Facilitator for debate