Historical Development (Evolution) of Management Systems: An Overview

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HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT (EVOLUTION) OF

MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: AN OVERVIEW


Prof. Pramod B. Shrestha, 18 Jan. 2007, Kathmandu

Operations
Scientific Research/
Industrial Management Computerized
Revolution Systems

Handicraft
Era
1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
Colonial Industrial Financial
Expansion Expansion Expansio Automation 1
FORCES THAT SHAPE MANAGEMENT THEORY

ECONOMIC FORCES

MANAGEMENT POLITICAL
SOCIAL
THEORY FORCES
FORCES

TECHNOLOGY FORCES

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EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT
♦ MANAGEMENT = ACCOMPLISH GOALS BY
WORKING TOGETHER

♦ MANGEMENT = PLANNING + ORGANIZING +


CONTROLLING + ?

♦ MANAGEMENT = DIVISION OF LABOR

♦ MANAGEMENT = ORGANIZATION CHART + JOB


DESCRIPTIONS + OPERATIONAL RULES

♦ MANAGEMNT = RELATIONSHIP (WORKERS AND


MANAGERS) + EFFECTVENESS + EFFICIENCY
(RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF THE
ORGANIZATION)

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MODERN MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS
♦ The history of modern management and
organization can be traced back to Adam Smith
(1776), an English Economist who introduced the
principle of division of labor and specialization in
manufacturing.
♦ SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT (F.W.TAYLOR) – 1911
♦ BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES (MAX WEBER, ABRAHAM
MASLOW) – 1912 – 1933
♦ OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT (HENRY FAYOL) – 1916
♦ HUMAN RELATIONS MOVEMENT (ELTON MAYO,
HAWTHORNE STUDIES, 1880-1849, DOUGLAS
MCGREGOR, THEORY X AND Y, 1906-1964, MARY PARKER
FOLLETT, CONCEPT OF PARTNERSHIP, 1868-1933,)
♦ OTHER MANAGEMENT THEORIES (BURNS and STALKER,
Mechanistic and Organic Structure, FREDERICK
HERZBERG, job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction – the
hygiene factor, THEORY Z (PROF. OUCHI), ………..

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AMERICAN AND JAPANESE ORGANIZATIONS: A
BRIEF COMPARISION
♦ AMERICAN COMPANIES: “WE LEARN TO
LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE RATHER
THAN USE THINGS AND LOVE PEOPLE”

♦ AMERICAN FIRMS JAPANESE


1. Short-Term employment Usually long term
2. Individual decision-making Collective
3. Individual responsibility Group
4. Rapid advancement (merit) Seniority-based
salaries
5. Explicit control mechanism Implicit control system
(process and quality control)
6. Segmented concern (employee) Holistic
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