In my assignment, the theorists I have chosen to discuss and compare are Frederick Taylor and Henri Fayol. I will compare and contrast both of their contributions to the history of management and discuss how they used their classical approaches in the field of management. The classical approaches to management began around the 19th century due to the many managerial challenges that were in place from intense industrialisation. The main elements included bureaucracy, human realtions, scientific management and administrative management. Personal experience was a key factor in the introduction to these approaches. Both approaches which I am discussing were part of the classical approaches to management and from this, their theories were developed
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In this Taylor named his theory as the best management approach for actively achieving increases in productivity among work environments. He believed that it was important for managers to have the ability and responsibility to apply their knowledge and systemic learning to organizational work settings, (Taylor, 1967). In the same way Taylor had his beliefs, Fayol viewed management as more devising strategies than methods for increasing productivity. He believed that management involved all of the activities associated with productivity and how they sell the product. He strongly believed that a manger needed to be able to formulate effective plans for the business, organize, deal with people and plan for the future. He soon learned that like Taylor, his previous education in different fields of work had never thought these required skills, (Pearson, 1945, …show more content…
This is because when we read Fayol’s work it is an interpretation and different viewpoint of Taylors work meaning at some point they influence each other and caused the development of Fayol’s work. Taylor’s four main principles included:
• The development of a scientific methodology.
• Managers should assume responsibility for development and selection of workers.
• For proper application of scientific method managers need to co-operate with employees.
• It is important for managers to be aware of the division of work between management and the workforce, (Taylor, 1967).
In Taylors mind people were motivated solely by money which is why offering incentives was involved. This is why he ignored social and psychological factors in order to provide a framework for solving the managerial problems he faced as productivity and efficiency, (Morley and Tiernan, 2013).
While Taylor concentrated on these elements, Fayol identified needs for running an effective organisation including:
• “Technical
• Commercial
• Financial
• Security
•
In this Taylor named his theory as the best management approach for actively achieving increases in productivity among work environments. He believed that it was important for managers to have the ability and responsibility to apply their knowledge and systemic learning to organizational work settings, (Taylor, 1967). In the same way Taylor had his beliefs, Fayol viewed management as more devising strategies than methods for increasing productivity. He believed that management involved all of the activities associated with productivity and how they sell the product. He strongly believed that a manger needed to be able to formulate effective plans for the business, organize, deal with people and plan for the future. He soon learned that like Taylor, his previous education in different fields of work had never thought these required skills, (Pearson, 1945, …show more content…
This is because when we read Fayol’s work it is an interpretation and different viewpoint of Taylors work meaning at some point they influence each other and caused the development of Fayol’s work. Taylor’s four main principles included:
• The development of a scientific methodology.
• Managers should assume responsibility for development and selection of workers.
• For proper application of scientific method managers need to co-operate with employees.
• It is important for managers to be aware of the division of work between management and the workforce, (Taylor, 1967).
In Taylors mind people were motivated solely by money which is why offering incentives was involved. This is why he ignored social and psychological factors in order to provide a framework for solving the managerial problems he faced as productivity and efficiency, (Morley and Tiernan, 2013).
While Taylor concentrated on these elements, Fayol identified needs for running an effective organisation including:
• “Technical
• Commercial
• Financial
• Security
•