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Used written rules and regulations for governance

Sumerians

Used management practices to construct pyramids

Egyptians

Used extensive set of laws and policies for governance

Babylonians

Used different governing systems for cities and state

Greeks

Used organized structure for communication and control

Romans

Used extensive organization structure for government agencies and the arts

Chinese

Used organization design and planning concepts to control the seas

Venetians

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

English Mathematician who focused on creating efficiencies of production

Charles Babbage (1792-1871)

Early Management Pioneer

Concerned with improving the performance of individual workers

Scientific Management

A theory that focuses on managing the total organization

Administrative Management

Father of Scientific Management


Replaced rule-of-thumb/intuitive methods


Believed in selecting, training, teaching and developing workers

Frederick Taylor (1856-1915)

Time-motion studies


Reduced the number of movements in bricklaying, resulting in increased output 200%

Frank (1868-1924) Lilian Gilbreth (1878-1972)

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

Workers must be paid a fair wage for their services

Remuneration

The degree to which subordinates are involved in decision making

Centralization

The line of authority form top management to lowest ranks

Scalar Chain

People and materials should be in the right place at the right time

Order

Managers should be kind and fair to their subordinates

Equity

High employee turnover is inefficient. Management should provide orderly personnel planning and ensure that replacements are available to fill vacancies

Stability/Tenure of personnel

Employees who are allowed to originate and carry out plans will exert high levels of effort

Initiative

Promoting team spirits will build harmony and unity within the organization

Esprit de corps

Integrated the work of previous management theorists in The Elements of Business Administration


Founded ASQ in 1956

Lyndall Urwick (1891-1983)

Was an early associate of Frederick Taylor


Developing Gantt Chart

Henry Gantt (1861-1919)

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)

His theory of bureaucracy is based on a rational set of guidelines for structuring organizations

Max Weber (1864-1920)

Individual attitudes and behaviors and group processes


Recognize the importance of behavioral processes in the workplace

Behavioral Management

German Psychologist, considered the Father of Industrial Psychology wrote "Psychology and Industrial Efficiency"

Hugo Munsterberg (1863-1916)

Illumination study of changes in workplace

Western Electric Hawthorne, IL Plant (1927-1935)

the effects of a piecework incentive plan on production workers

Group Study

Confirmed the importance of human behavior in the workplace

Interview Program

Western Electric Hawthorne, IL plant


Group Study


Interview Program

Elton Mayo (1880-1949)

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

Advanced a need theory that employees are motivated by a heirarchy of needs

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)

Advocated job specialization in both managerial and operating jobs

Harrington Emerson (1838-1931)

Proposed Theory X and Theory Y

Douglas McGregor (1906-1964)

Helped the WW2 Allied forces manage logistical problems


Focuses on desicion making, economic effectiveness, mathematical models

Quantitative Management

Focuees on the development of representative mathematical models to assist with desicions

Management Science

The practice application of management science to efficiently manage the production and distribution of products and services

Operations Management

Focuses on managing the total organization rather than individuals

Administrative Management Theory

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)

same as Adam Smith's "division of labor"


Specialization increases output by making employees more efficient

Division of Work

Managers must be able to give order.

Authority

Employees must obey and respect the rules that govern the organization

Discipline

Every employee should receive orders from only one superior

Unity of Command

Each group of organizational activities that have the same objective should be directed by one manager using one plan

Unity of Direction

Systems Perspectice

Ludwig Von Bertalanffy (1901-1972)

An interrelated set of elements functioning as a whole

System

An organization that interacts with its external environment

Open System

An organization that does not interact with its environment

Closed System

the importance of _____ is due to their interdependence on each other within the organization

Subsystem

Subsystem are more successful working together

Synergy

normal process in which an organizational system declines due to failing to adjust to change in its environment

Entropy

Include the classical, behavioral, and quantitative approaches


one best way to manage organization

Universal Perspective

Suggests that each organization is unique

The Contingency Perspective

A complementary way of thinking about theories of management


Involves the recognition of current system and subsystem interdependencies

Integrative Framework

Methods for enhancing efficiency and facilitating planning, organizing and controlling

Classical Management Perspective

Insights for motivating performances and understanding individual behavior, groups and teams and leadership

Behavioral Management Perspective

Techniques for improving desicion making, resource allocation and operations

Quantitative Management Perspective

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

TWO MAJOR SCHOOLS OF CLASSICAL MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE

Scientific Management


Administrative Management