Management Theory and Practice : You are require to produce a critical essay in response to the following: AS ABOVE MANAGEMENT THEORY BOTH ENABLES AND IMPEDES THE PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT assessment criteria: Demonstration of a sound understanding of management theory and its value to managers today. Critical analysis of the assumptions underpinning mainstream management theory appropriate structure high standard of referencing Learning outcomes are to demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical base of organisation analysis and management at operational and strategic levels. essay to look at the whole management theory, show the assumptions that are made within the mainstream management theory and by the theorists and then go into some of the functions like control, motivation and culture, ethics, gurus, bureaucracy, leadership, psychological and behaviour to demonstrate how they either enable or impede the modern day practice of management. need references to: L. Mullins - Management and Organisation Theory text C.Grey - Short but fairly interesting book about organisations. Knight and wilmott 2007 Introducing Organisational Behaviour and management. Tutor also wants us to include rationality and unitary views so thought about intoduction being what the mainstream management is and the assumptions it holds and then picking three of the functions of management theory like control, culture and leadership and explaining if they enable or impede the practice of management. So culture might impede management depending on the type of organisation, location and employees within the organisation??? Hope this is enough detail.