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1 Contribution of Management Thinkers
1 Contribution of Management Thinkers
An Historical Approach
Richa Sharma
PRN :11020741069
The Classical Perspective on management emerged during the nineteenth & and early twentieth centuries with the interventions of the following :
Scientific Management Theory F.W Taylor, Administrative Management Theory Henry Fayol Behavioral Management Theory Abrahim Maslow Management Science Theory Organizational Environment Theory -
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F.W. Taylor.(Father of Scientific Management) Concerned with improving the performance of individual workers (i.e. operational efficiency). Grew out of the industrial revolutions labor shortage at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Henry Fayol activities could be divided into six group: Technical (related to product) Commercial (buying, selling ) Financial (Search for capital & use) Security (protection of property and person) Accounting (including statistics) Management (P,O C)
Division of Work. Authority & responsibility. Discipline. Unity of Command. Unity of Direction. Subordination of individual interest to general interest. Remuneration of personnel. Centralization. Scalar Chain. Order. Equity. Stability of Tenure. Initiative. Espirit de corps.