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is known as the father of scientific management.
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is known as the father of scientific management.
Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915)
Principles of frederick winslow
1. a worker's job could be measured with scientific accuracy;
2. workers' characteristics could be selected scientifically and could be developed to investigate the
causes of and solutions to work problems;
3. productivity would be improved through scientific selection of and progressive development of
the worker; and
4. there should be continuing cooperation of management and workers.
He developed the concept of the time and motion study, with the idea that wasted time and effort could and should be eliminated.
Frederick Winslow Taylor
was a Frenchman remembered for the development of general administrative theory.
Henri Fayol (1841-1925)
according to Fayol's work, includes five overriding concepts and 14 principles of management that supports the concepts.
1. Prevoyance, or the anticipation of the future and the development of a plan of action to deal with it
• Subordination of the individual interest to the corporate good
• Esprit de corps (a sense of unity and of common interests and responsibilities, as
developed among a group of persons closely associated in a task, cause, enterprise, etc)
• Initiative
2. Organization of people and materials
• Division of work
• Order
3. Command of the activity among personnel
• Unity of command
• Unity of direction
4. Coordination of the parts of the organization into a unified whole
• Centralization/decentralization
• Stability of tenure of personnel
5. Control
• Authority
through application of rules and procedures
• Discipline
• Scalar chain
• Remuneration
• Equity
the supposed inclination of people who are the subjects of an experiment or study to change or improve the behavior being evaluated only because it is being studied and not because of changes in the experiment parameters or stimulus.
Hawthorne Effect
•was a German sociologist who developed what was known as the "ideal bureaucracy."
• The ideal bureaucracy includes the concepts of division of labor, authority hierarchy, formal selection, formal rules and regulations, impersonality, and career orientation.
• He recognized that it would be impossible for people to be completely impersonal in their relationships at work, but he believed that impersonality would be optimal and would remove favoritism.
Max Weber (1846-1920)
assumes that the desire to work is just as natural as the desire to play or rest, that external control and threat or punishment are not required to achieve organizational objectives because workers are self-motivated, and that the capacity to work creatively to solve problems is widely distributed in the workforce.
Theory Y
represented the traditional viewpoints of management, which hold managers responsible for organizing money, materials, equipment, and people as well as for directing workers' efforts and motivating workers, controlling their actions, and modifying their behavior to fit the needs of the organization.
Theory X
Employment is described as being lifelong, dependent upon the development of consensus, collaborative work, incentives for group work, and pride in the product or service being developed or provided.
THEORY Z: JAPANESE MANAGEMENT STYLE (Ouchi, 1981)
the principle of encouraging all people in the organization to contribute improvement ideas on a biweekly basisKaizenThere are three components to a valid consensus:(1) I believe that you have heard and understand me, (2) I have heard and understand your point of view, and (3) I can support the decision we have made togetherManagement theory in the first decade of the ________ is influenced by a new worldview, which has, once again, had its roots in the physical sciences. Managers are beginning to recognize that the direct cause and effect relationships, to which they held in the past, frequently do not exist in reality. Additionally, management theories are being promulgated in more complex systems and in professional systems.21st century management thoughtHe defines the term chaord as "any self-organizing, self-governing, adaptive, nonlinear, complex organism, organization, community or system, whether physical, biological or social, the behavior of which blends characteristics of both chaos and order".Hock 2000which involve team building, decision making, communication, negotiation, delegation, and mentorship.Management roles for nursesThe delivery of health care is a team activity, involving professionals and unlicensed personnel from a variety of disciplines.Team builderThe individual who does the work of the organization is the one who knows the most about it. Participative and transformational leaders enter into relationships with the professionals in their organizations.Decision maker