Evolution of Management Thought
EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHTS & DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MANAGEMENT:
Management in all business areas and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives efficiently and effectively.
Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entities) or efforts for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Resourcing encompasses the deployment and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources and natural resources.
The definitions by different management thinkers are as follows: • Management is the accomplishment of results through the efforts of other people. (Lawrence A. Appley)
• Management is the art of getting things done through and with the people in formally organized groups. (Koontz H.)
• Management is a process of planning organizing, actuating and controlling to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources. (Terry G.)
• Management is the process by which managers create, direct, maintain and operate purposive organizations through systematic, coordinated, cooperative human effort. (McFarland)
• It is the coordination of all resources through the process of planning organizing, directing and controlling in order to attain stated objectives. (Sisk)
Management has also been defined as a decision-making, rule-making and rule enforcing body. According to Professor Moore, management means decision-making. Appley called it personnel administration. For the sake of simplicity and convenience, we can broadly define the term thus: management is concerned with resources, tasks and goals. It is the process of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling to accomplish organizational objectives through the coordinated use of human and material resources.
• Early management theory consisted of numerous attempts at getting
Management in all business areas and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives efficiently and effectively.
Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entities) or efforts for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Resourcing encompasses the deployment and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources and natural resources.
The definitions by different management thinkers are as follows: • Management is the accomplishment of results through the efforts of other people. (Lawrence A. Appley)
• Management is the art of getting things done through and with the people in formally organized groups. (Koontz H.)
• Management is a process of planning organizing, actuating and controlling to determine and accomplish the objectives by the use of people and resources. (Terry G.)
• Management is the process by which managers create, direct, maintain and operate purposive organizations through systematic, coordinated, cooperative human effort. (McFarland)
• It is the coordination of all resources through the process of planning organizing, directing and controlling in order to attain stated objectives. (Sisk)
Management has also been defined as a decision-making, rule-making and rule enforcing body. According to Professor Moore, management means decision-making. Appley called it personnel administration. For the sake of simplicity and convenience, we can broadly define the term thus: management is concerned with resources, tasks and goals. It is the process of planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling to accomplish organizational objectives through the coordinated use of human and material resources.
• Early management theory consisted of numerous attempts at getting