1、College of Public Management SCAU,1,History Module,College of Public Management SCAU,2,The Pre-modern Era,Ancient massive construction projects Egyptian pyramids Great Wall of China Michelangelo, the manager?,College of Public Management SCAU,3,Adam Smiths Contribution To The Field Of Management,Wro

2、te the Wealth of Nations (1776) Advocated the economic advantages that organizations and society would reap from the division of labor: Increased productivity by increasing each workers skill and dexterity. Time saved that is commonly lost in changing tasks. The creation of labor-saving inventions a

3、nd machinery.,College of Public Management SCAU,4,The Industrial Revolutions Influence On Management Practices,Industrial revolution Machine power began to substitute for human power Lead to mass production of economical goods Improved and less costly transportation systems became available Created

4、larger markets for goods. Larger organizations developed to serve larger markets Created the need for formalized management practices.,College of Public Management SCAU,5,Classical Contributions,Classical approach The term used to describe the hypotheses of the scientific management theorists and th

5、e general administrative theorists. Scientific management theorists Fredrick W. Taylor, Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, and Henry Gantt General administrative theorists Henri Fayol and Max Weber,College of Public Management SCAU,6,Scientific Management,Frederick W. Taylor The Principles of Scientific Ma

6、nagement (1911) Advocated the use of the scientific method to define the “one best way” for a job to be done Believed that increased efficiency could be achieved by selecting the right people for the job and training them to do it precisely in the one best way. To motivate workers, he favored incent

7、ive wage plans. Separated managerial work from operative work.,College of Public Management SCAU,7,Taylors Four Principles of Management,Develop a science for each element of an individuals work, which replaces the old rule-of-thumb method. Scientifically select and then train, teach, and develop th

8、e worker. (Previously, workers chose their own work and trained themselves as best they could.) Heartily cooperate with the workers so as to ensure that all work is done in accordance with the principles of the science that has been developed. Divide work and responsibility almost equally between ma

9、nagement and workers. Management takes over all work for which it is better fitted than the workers. (Previously, almost all the work and the greater part of the responsibility were thrown upon the workers.),Exhibit HM-1,College of Public Management SCAU,8,Scientific Management Contributors,Frank an

10、d Lillian Gilbreth Bricklaying efficiency improvements Time and motion studies (therbligs) Henry Gantt Incentive compensation systems Gantt chart for scheduling work operations,College of Public Management SCAU,9,General Administrative Theory,General administrative theorists Writers who developed ge

11、neral theories of what managers do and what constitutes good management practice Henri Fayol (France) Fourteen Principles of Management: Fundamental or universal principles of management practice Max Weber (Germany) Bureaucracy: Ideal type of organization characterized by division of labor, a clearl

12、y defined hierarchy, detailed rules and regulations, and impersonal relationships,College of Public Management SCAU,10,Fayols Fourteen Principles of Management,Exhibit HM-2,Division of work Authority Discipline Unity of command Unity of direction Subordination of the individual Remuneration,Centrali

13、zation Scalar chain Order Equity Stability of tenure of personnel Initiative Esprit de corps,College of Public Management SCAU,11,Webers Ideal Bureaucracy,Exhibit HM-3,Division of Labor Authority Hierarchy Formal Selection Formal Rules and Regulations Impersonality Career Orientation,College of Publ

14、ic Management SCAU,12,Human Resources Approach,Robert Owen Scottish businessman and reformer who advocated for better treatment of workers. Claimed that a concern for employees was profitable for management and would relieve human misery. Hugo Munsterberg Created the field of industrial psychologyth

15、e scientific study of individuals at work to maximize their productivity and adjustment. Psychology and Industrial Efficiency (1913),College of Public Management SCAU,13,Human Resources Approach,Mary Parker Follett Recognized that organizations could be viewed from the perspective of individual and

16、group behavior. Believed that individual potential could only be released by group association. Chester Barnard Saw organizations as social systems that require human interaction and cooperation. Expressed his views on the “acceptance of authority” in his book The Functions of the Executive (1938).,

17、College of Public Management SCAU,14,Hawthorne Studies,A series of studies done during the 1920s and 1930s that provided new insights into group norms and behaviors Hawthorne effect Social norms or standards of the group are the key determinants of individual work behavior. Changed the prevalent vie

18、w of the time that people were no different than machines.,College of Public Management SCAU,15,Human Relations Movement,Based on a belief in the importance of employee satisfactiona satisfied worker was believed to be a productive worker. Advocates believed in peoples capabilities and were concerne

19、d with making management practices more humane. Dale Carnegie Abraham Maslow Douglas McGregor,College of Public Management SCAU,16,The Quantitative Approach,Operations Research (Management Science) Evolved out of the development of mathematical and statistical solutions to military problems during W

20、orld War II. Involves the use of statistics, optimization models, information models, and computer simulations to improve management decision making for planning and control.,College of Public Management SCAU,17,Social Events That Shaped Management Approaches,Classical approach The desire for increa

21、sed efficiency of labor intensive operations Human resources approach The backlash to the overly mechanistic view of employees held by the classicists. The Great Depression. The quantitative approaches World War II,College of Public Management SCAU,18,What is the Process Approach?,Management theory

22、jungle (Harold Koontz) The diversity of approaches to the study of managementfunctions, quantitative emphasis, human relations approacheseach offer something to management theory, but many are only managerial tools. Process approach Planning, organizing,leading, and controlling activities are circular and continuous functions of management.,College of Public Management SCAU,19,The Systems Approach,Defines a system as a set of interrelated and interdependent parts arranged in a manner that produces a unified whole Closed system : a system that is