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Schools of Management Thought
Schools of Management Thought
Schools of Management Thought
The various approaches to the study of management has propounded by specialist from
different disciplines have come to be called schools of management thought.
All these thoughts are basically different point of views or guidelines regarding management
which enables the managers to achieve their organizational goals easily and effectively.
1. The Management Process School 2. The Empirical School 3. The Human Behaviour
School 4. The Social System School 5. The Decision Theory School 6. The Mathematical
School 7. The System Management School 8. The Contingency School 9. Bureaucracy
School of Management.
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