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Essay 1 topic_Principles of Management_Part 1

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Assignment 1 - Essay

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Assessment

151030026-A22/23-Principles of Management-May23/24

Lecture 1. Introduction

Module Outline_PoM_Part 1_2022-2023

Lecture 1_Introduction

Lecture 2. Coase’s transaction cost theory of the firm

Lecture 2. Coase’s transaction cost theory of the firm

The Nature of the Firm_Coase_Economica_1937

Eni SpA_The corporate strategy of an internaitonal energy major

Lecture 3. Transaction costs and market failure (1): Adverse selection

Lecture 3. Transaction costs and market failure (1)_Adverse selection

The Market for Lemons_Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism_QJE_Akerlof_1970

Factors associated with crashes involving taxi owners and non-owners_A case of moral hazard and adverse selection_AAP_2016

Lecture 4 Transaction costs and market failure (2): Agency problem (Principal-agent problem)

Lecture 4. Transaction costs and market failure (2)_Agency problem (Principal-agent problem)

Agency Theory_An Assessment and Review_AMR_1989

Using Tournaments to Reduce Agency Problem_The Case of Franchising_ETP

Lecture 5. Vertical Integration

Lecture 5 Vertical Integration

Vertical integration_Contemporary Strategy Analysis_Grant_Ch11

American Apparel_Vertically integrated in Downtown LA

Lecture 6. Penrose's the theory of the growth of the firm (1)

Lecture 6 Penrose's the theory of the growth of the firm_1

Penrose_The Theory of The Growth of The Firm_Part1

Limits to the Growth and Size of Firms_AER_1955

Lecture 7. Penrose's the theory of the growth of the firm (2)

Lecture 7 Penrose's the theory of the growth of the firm_2

Penrose_The Theory of The Growth of The Firm_Part2

Edith Penrose’s ‘The Theory of the Growth of the Firm' Fifty Years Later

Lecture 8. Diversification

Lecture 8 Diversification

Diversification_Contemporary Strategy Analysis_Grant_Ch13

The Virgin Group

Lecture 9. Industry attractiveness perspective of the firm

Lecture 9. Industry attractiveness perspective of the firm

Competitive Strategy_Porter

Ford and the world automobile industry

Lecture 10. Resource-based view of the firm

Lecture 10. Resource-based view of the firm

Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage_Barney_JOM_1991

Wal-Mart stores Inc.

Week 1

Week 1 slides

Week 2

Week 2 lecture slides

Lecture reading

Tutorial 1 Discussion Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2017) by Ridley Scott

Week 3

Reading

Tutorial 2 Discussion on Exit Zero - An industrial family story (2019)

Week 3 lecture slides

Week 4 Evolution of industrial capitalism, part 2

Reading

Tutorial 3 Discussion on Capital in the 21st Century

Week 4 lecture slides

Week 5 The origin of the modern organization: Bureaucracy and rationality, part 1

Reading

Tutorial 4 Discussion on Office Space

Week 5 lecture slides

Week 7 The origin of the modern organization: bureaucracy and rationality, part 2

Reading

Tutorial 7 Discussion on The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Week 7 lecture slides

Week 8 Beyond bureaucracy, rationality, and efficiency

Reading

Reading

Week 8 lecture slides

Tutorial 8 Discussion on The Devil wears Prada (2007)

Week 9 Organisational culture, politics, and conflict