Question… how do you go about getting people at work to do things you want them to do?’ (p. 459) Task 1: Essay [no more than 1,500 words] Using two of the four forms of control (Knights and Willmott, 2012) as a framework, use any of the material in Unit 2 to 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 from Unit 2 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: 1. your own practice as a manager or employee and 2. your learning as a student. Please note that for this TMA full academic referencing is required. The absence of this will result in a deduction of marks. Guidelines Task 1 Firstly you are asked to identify two of the four forms of control (Knights and Willmott, 2012) which have been used in Unit 2 as a framework. You should therefore choose TWO from the following: • Direct supervision. • Bureaucratic procedures. • Cultural control. • Output and self-regulation. You should use these two frameworks for organising ideas, concepts and theories that relate to the different techniques associated with getting employees to do what the ‘organisation’ wants them to do. Using associated ideas, concepts and theories.

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