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Used written rules and regulations for governance |
Sumerians |
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Used management practices to construct pyramids |
Egyptians |
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Used extensive set of laws and policies for governance |
Babylonians |
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Used different governing systems for cities and state |
Greeks |
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Used organized structure for communication and control |
Romans |
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Used extensive organization structure for government agencies and the arts |
Chinese |
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Used organization design and planning concepts to control the seas |
Venetians |
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British Industrialist who recognize the importance of human resources and implemented better working conditions through child labor, meals, and shorter hours |
Robert Owen (1771-1858) |
Early Management Pioneer |
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English Mathematician who focused on creating efficiencies of production |
Charles Babbage (1792-1871) |
Early Management Pioneer |
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Concerned with improving the performance of individual workers |
Scientific Management |
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A theory that focuses on managing the total organization |
Administrative Management |
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Father of Scientific Management Replaced rule-of-thumb/intuitive methods Believed in selecting, training, teaching and developing workers |
Frederick Taylor (1856-1915) |
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Time-motion studies Reduced the number of movements in bricklaying, resulting in increased output 200% |
Frank (1868-1924) Lilian Gilbreth (1878-1972) |
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The interest of any one employee or group of employees should not take precedence over the interests of the organization as a whole |
Subordination of individual interest to the general interest |
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Workers must be paid a fair wage for their services |
Remuneration |
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The degree to which subordinates are involved in decision making |
Centralization |
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The line of authority form top management to lowest ranks |
Scalar Chain |
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People and materials should be in the right place at the right time |
Order |
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Managers should be kind and fair to their subordinates |
Equity |
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High employee turnover is inefficient. Management should provide orderly personnel planning and ensure that replacements are available to fill vacancies |
Stability/Tenure of personnel |
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Employees who are allowed to originate and carry out plans will exert high levels of effort |
Initiative |
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Promoting team spirits will build harmony and unity within the organization |
Esprit de corps |
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Integrated the work of previous management theorists in The Elements of Business Administration Founded ASQ in 1956 |
Lyndall Urwick (1891-1983) |
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Was an early associate of Frederick Taylor Developing Gantt Chart |
Henry Gantt (1861-1919) |
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Wrote "The functions of the executive" Proposed a theory of the acceptance of authority (by subordinates) as the source of power and influence for managers |
Chester Barnard (1886-1961) |
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His theory of bureaucracy is based on a rational set of guidelines for structuring organizations |
Max Weber (1864-1920) |
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Individual attitudes and behaviors and group processes Recognize the importance of behavioral processes in the workplace |
Behavioral Management |
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German Psychologist, considered the Father of Industrial Psychology wrote "Psychology and Industrial Efficiency" |
Hugo Munsterberg (1863-1916) |
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Illumination study of changes in workplace |
Western Electric Hawthorne, IL Plant (1927-1935) |
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the effects of a piecework incentive plan on production workers |
Group Study |
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Confirmed the importance of human behavior in the workplace |
Interview Program |
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Western Electric Hawthorne, IL plant Group Study Interview Program |
Elton Mayo (1880-1949) |
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Grew out of the Hawthorne Studies workers respond primarily to the social context of work managers concern for workers would lead to increased worker satisfaction |
The Human Relations Movement |
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Advanced a need theory that employees are motivated by a heirarchy of needs |
Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) |
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Advocated job specialization in both managerial and operating jobs |
Harrington Emerson (1838-1931) |
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Proposed Theory X and Theory Y |
Douglas McGregor (1906-1964) |
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Helped the WW2 Allied forces manage logistical problems Focuses on desicion making, economic effectiveness, mathematical models |
Quantitative Management |
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Focuees on the development of representative mathematical models to assist with desicions |
Management Science |
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The practice application of management science to efficiently manage the production and distribution of products and services |
Operations Management |
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Focuses on managing the total organization rather than individuals |
Administrative Management Theory |
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Wrote "General and Industrial Management" Helped to systematize the practice of management the first researcher to identify the specific management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling |
Henri Fayol (1841-1925) |
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same as Adam Smith's "division of labor" Specialization increases output by making employees more efficient |
Division of Work |
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Managers must be able to give order. |
Authority |
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Employees must obey and respect the rules that govern the organization |
Discipline |
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Every employee should receive orders from only one superior |
Unity of Command |
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Each group of organizational activities that have the same objective should be directed by one manager using one plan |
Unity of Direction |
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Systems Perspectice |
Ludwig Von Bertalanffy (1901-1972) |
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An interrelated set of elements functioning as a whole |
System |
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An organization that interacts with its external environment |
Open System |
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An organization that does not interact with its environment |
Closed System |
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the importance of _____ is due to their interdependence on each other within the organization |
Subsystem |
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Subsystem are more successful working together |
Synergy |
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normal process in which an organizational system declines due to failing to adjust to change in its environment |
Entropy |
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Include the classical, behavioral, and quantitative approaches one best way to manage organization |
Universal Perspective |
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Suggests that each organization is unique |
The Contingency Perspective |
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A complementary way of thinking about theories of management Involves the recognition of current system and subsystem interdependencies |
Integrative Framework |
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Methods for enhancing efficiency and facilitating planning, organizing and controlling |
Classical Management Perspective |
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Insights for motivating performances and understanding individual behavior, groups and teams and leadership |
Behavioral Management Perspective |
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Techniques for improving desicion making, resource allocation and operations |
Quantitative Management Perspective |
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William Ouchi's (1943) - Theory Z Peters and Waterman's - "In search of Excellence" Edward and Lawler Lyman Porter - integrative model Stephen Covey - "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Managers" |
Contemporary Applied Management Perspective |
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TWO MAJOR SCHOOLS OF CLASSICAL MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE |
Scientific Management Administrative Management |
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