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    - The document discusses the evolution of management theory from classical to modern approaches. Classical approaches include bureaucracy, scientific management, and administrative management. Neo-classical approaches include human relations management and behavioral management. Modern approaches use systems and contingency models. - A key development was the human relations movement, which focused on social factors like how employees are treated. Studies like the Hawthorne experiment showed that social and psychological factors influenced productivity more than economic incentives alone. The human relations approach emphasized good communication, teamwork, and leadership.

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    - The document discusses the evolution of management theory from classical to modern approaches. Classical approaches include bureaucracy, scientific management, and administrative management. Neo-classical approaches include human relations management and behavioral management. Modern approaches use systems and contingency models. - A key development was the human relations movement, which focused on social factors like how employees are treated. Studies like the Hawthorne experiment showed that social and psychological factors influenced productivity more than economic incentives alone. The human relations approach emphasized good communication, teamwork, and leadership.

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    - Not traditional, but family-based

    Lectur 1
    relationship
    - Not charisma-based relationship
    - One’s authority should be tied to the
    official position he or she occupies
    WHAT IS MANAGEMENT? - Clear rules should govern
    - Manage from the italian word performance
    “maneggiare” meaning “to handle” - Standardized guidelines should be
    - Handle from the latin word “manus” determine hiring and firing
    meaning “hand” - Was against favoritism or
    particularism

    MANAGEMENT
    - Is a process of managing people, 2. Scientific Management - introduced by
    motivation of people, optimum utilization Frederick Taylor by taking a micro-level
    of resources to attain set objectives approach
    - “Applying science to work”
    - Saw customized, self-styled work as
    ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT a serious productivity problem
    - A field of science that bridges the gap - Popularized time and motion
    between engineering and management studies
    - Involves management of organization with - Wanted to find the “one right way”
    orientation to engineering, technology, to do every single task
    production, and manufacturing

    THE EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT THEORY:


    1. Classical
    a. Scientific management
    b. Administrative management
    2. Neo-classical -
    a. Human Relations Management
    b. Behavioral Management 3. Administrative Science or Classical
    3. Modern Management - introduced by Henry Fayol
    a. System Approach by taking a mid-level approach by looking
    b. Contingency Approach at the management side of things
    - Wanted more systematic principles
    From reference video: “The Evolution of to train managers
    Management Theory” - Result of a noticeable lack of
    available management theory
    HISTORICAL CONTEXT during his day
    Industrial Revolution “it is a case of setting it going, starting
    - Industry = Work general discussion— that is what I am trying to
    - Revolution = Rapid change do by publishing this survey, and I hope a
    - From farms to factories [management] theory will emanate from it” -
    - From small shops to lagre companies (Fayol, 1949, p.16)
    - Primary Sparks From his book, he talk about
    - Power management activities that managers
    - Machinery innovations should be confidents about;
    - Transportation
    Management Activities:
    THREE PRIMARY THEORY
    ● Planning - look ahead, chart a
    1. Bureaucracy - introduced by Max Weber by course
    taking a big picture approach
    ● Organization - select and arrange
    - Where organizations should look
    people
    like the government and legal
    ● Command - oversee, lead and drive
    system
    ● Coordinate - harmonize
    - A “legal-rational” approach
    ● Control - ensure compliance
    - This result became known as the
    hawthorne effect
    - The attention form the study made them
    feel important and resulted in better
    output
    Human relations philosophy
    Three key elements of the theory
    + Key work groups and teams
    + Excellent upward communication
    + Superior leadership
    Teams
    THE HUMAN RELATIONS MOVEMENT: DEFINITION - Are an important aspect of the human
    AND SIGNIFICANCE TO ORGANIZATIONAL relations movement
    BEHAVIOR [video: - Teams are workers placed together and the
    The Human Relations Movement: Definition a… overall socialization of the individuals
    ] provides motivation and productivity
    - When companies focus only on the Upward Communication
    production profits of their business, they
    - Is a necessity of the movement as it allows
    ignore the human behavioral issues of
    employees to offer feedback and
    people
    communication to upper management
    HUMAN RELATIONS MOVEMENT - This allows the employees to feel that they
    - ( in organizational behavior) focuses can be vocal and valuable to the company’s
    instead on the person as an individual and decision-making process
    analyzes what motivates and cultivates The last part of the movement revolves around
    their achievement in a work setting providing good leadership through excellent
    - Employee attitudes towards work became communication and decision-making
    important to a successful company
    - Employees will feel motivated by having
    In the early 1900s, the framework for the human leaders who can offer mentorship and
    relations movement was being built direction
    - Companies realized that a monetary - Companies should focus on the human
    incentive was not the only factor to behavior side of employee dynamics to
    increasing production ensure a successful workplace

    Elton Mayo
    - An organizational psychologist was the
    father of the human relation movement
    - He was the first to realize that worker
    output and satisfaction were linked to
    social factors such as the way employees
    were treated on the job
    The 1927 hawthorne experiment further proved the
    relationship between the understanding of worker
    psychology and output
    - In this experiment, psychologists
    developed a theory that additional lighting
    would have a positive effect on worker
    factory output
    - Scientists lowered the lighting to a dismal
    amount assuming that production would
    fall, but surprisingly the production
    increased even more
    - This led to discovery that the factory
    workers were over performing because they
    knew they were being watched as part of
    the study

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