History of Management Thought: a Look at the Great Mangement Thinkers Throughout Time
Case Study 1 | History of Management Thought | Andrew Thomas |
In Jones and George’s “Essentials of Contemporary Management” they discuss many of the leading visionaries in the history of management thought and how their studies and ideas have lead to how we view and study management today. Some of the major contributors they look at are Frederick W. Taylor, Max Weber, Mary Parker Follet and Elton Mayo. Jones and George use many resources to draw conclusions on these studies, these sources can be used to validate claims made throughout the text as well as draw conclusions to how these findings are applied in today’s business management field.
In the “Essentials of Contemporary Management”, Jones and George claim that Taylor employed four principles to Increase efficiency in the workplace (1). They go on to state that Taylor originally outlined these principles to increase efficiency in the workplace which is supported in Taylors paper “The Principles of Scientific Management”, when he outlines his purpose as “The principal object of management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee.” (2) Taylor goes on in his paper to define his four principles and how he developed these ideas and how they can be used to develop better management techniques, Jones and Georges definitions and applications of these principles directly reflect those out lined in Taylors paper.
To further delve into these principles, Jones and George also pull from Taylors paper “Shop Management” which is another view on Taylor’s use of these principles in his idea of management. Jones and George state that one of Taylors main focuses was uniformity not only in the workplace but in management styles (1), which is supported in Taylors paper when he addresses “lack of uniformity shown… in the development of the several elements, which together constitute what is called the management” (3). Working off of this premise
In Jones and George’s “Essentials of Contemporary Management” they discuss many of the leading visionaries in the history of management thought and how their studies and ideas have lead to how we view and study management today. Some of the major contributors they look at are Frederick W. Taylor, Max Weber, Mary Parker Follet and Elton Mayo. Jones and George use many resources to draw conclusions on these studies, these sources can be used to validate claims made throughout the text as well as draw conclusions to how these findings are applied in today’s business management field.
In the “Essentials of Contemporary Management”, Jones and George claim that Taylor employed four principles to Increase efficiency in the workplace (1). They go on to state that Taylor originally outlined these principles to increase efficiency in the workplace which is supported in Taylors paper “The Principles of Scientific Management”, when he outlines his purpose as “The principal object of management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee.” (2) Taylor goes on in his paper to define his four principles and how he developed these ideas and how they can be used to develop better management techniques, Jones and Georges definitions and applications of these principles directly reflect those out lined in Taylors paper.
To further delve into these principles, Jones and George also pull from Taylors paper “Shop Management” which is another view on Taylor’s use of these principles in his idea of management. Jones and George state that one of Taylors main focuses was uniformity not only in the workplace but in management styles (1), which is supported in Taylors paper when he addresses “lack of uniformity shown… in the development of the several elements, which together constitute what is called the management” (3). Working off of this premise