Management
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Impact of Scientific Management & Organisational Behavioural Management on Australian Automotive Industry
Name - Diluka Jayawardena
ID - 24209589
Tutor - Javed Anwar
Tutorial Date – Monday, 12.30pm
Management simply “involves coordinating and overseeing the work activities of others so that their activities are completed efficiently and effectively” (Bergman, Coulter, Robbins, Stagg, 2012). Managers must ensure that the task is performed using least amount of inputs and attain the maximum output. Moreover, another key important feature in management is effectiveness. Managers should lead employees in doing tasks so that organisational goals are attained. Hence, management theories have developed as people’s understanding of human behaviour has changed. Those theories are ‘tools’ for managers to use to increase productivity (Barrile and Cameron, 2009). However, during the times of Egyptian and Chinese civilisations, management came from rulers whose authority was believed to come from god. They ruled through fear of threats. Organisations were centralised and hierarchical of command. All authority and communication came from the top; work was performed in different functions and disciplined was through fear (citeman.com, 2008). Therefore, management is widespread. There are two types of theories in this area: Scientific management theory and organisational behavioural theory. Scientific management theory focuses on efficiency and the maximisation of output, whereas organisational behavioural theory is “concerned with the actions (behaviours) of people at work” (Robbins, et al., 2012). This paper discusses how these two theories can be applied to automotive industries such as Ford and Toyota that are well known in Australia.
Automotive industries like Ford and Toyota are mainly effected by scientific management theory, developed by Frederick W. Taylor who is
Impact of Scientific Management & Organisational Behavioural Management on Australian Automotive Industry
Name - Diluka Jayawardena
ID - 24209589
Tutor - Javed Anwar
Tutorial Date – Monday, 12.30pm
Management simply “involves coordinating and overseeing the work activities of others so that their activities are completed efficiently and effectively” (Bergman, Coulter, Robbins, Stagg, 2012). Managers must ensure that the task is performed using least amount of inputs and attain the maximum output. Moreover, another key important feature in management is effectiveness. Managers should lead employees in doing tasks so that organisational goals are attained. Hence, management theories have developed as people’s understanding of human behaviour has changed. Those theories are ‘tools’ for managers to use to increase productivity (Barrile and Cameron, 2009). However, during the times of Egyptian and Chinese civilisations, management came from rulers whose authority was believed to come from god. They ruled through fear of threats. Organisations were centralised and hierarchical of command. All authority and communication came from the top; work was performed in different functions and disciplined was through fear (citeman.com, 2008). Therefore, management is widespread. There are two types of theories in this area: Scientific management theory and organisational behavioural theory. Scientific management theory focuses on efficiency and the maximisation of output, whereas organisational behavioural theory is “concerned with the actions (behaviours) of people at work” (Robbins, et al., 2012). This paper discusses how these two theories can be applied to automotive industries such as Ford and Toyota that are well known in Australia.
Automotive industries like Ford and Toyota are mainly effected by scientific management theory, developed by Frederick W. Taylor who is
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