Theories of management under the classical school
Classical school of management
This school flourished from the late 1800s through the 1920s and is associated with the Industrial Revolution. This is the time when society moved from agrarian to industrial. Management, though the word was not then used in the sense that we use now, was all about increasing production and improving productivity among workers.
Among the first to study what would one day come to be known as management was philosopher Mary Parker Follett. After graduating from Radcliffe in 1898, she began authoring a series of papers on business conflict, authority, power and the place of an individual in the society and the group (or organizational behavior). Follett was one of the first women invited to address the London School of Economics. US President Theodore Roosevelt made her his personal consultant on managing non-profit, non-government voluntary organisations. Many consider her to have laid the foundation of management study.
Under the classical school, you have three different approaches to management that were developed in three industrialised countries: Scientific management in the US, administrative management in France and bureaucratic management in Germany.
Scientific management in the US: Frederick W Taylor, a mechanical engineer, is referred to as the father of scientific management and is considered one of the leaders of the efficiency movement (This was a major movement in industrial nations in the early 20th century that sought to eliminate waste in all areas of the economy and society by developing and implementing best practices). He suggested a series of measures all aimed at increasing productivity. Every step of the production process was carefully analysed to increase efficiency.
What did Taylor propose? One, that it was important to determine the best way to carry out a task or to co-ordinate it. It was equally important to ensure that you select your employees according to the position. There is no
This school flourished from the late 1800s through the 1920s and is associated with the Industrial Revolution. This is the time when society moved from agrarian to industrial. Management, though the word was not then used in the sense that we use now, was all about increasing production and improving productivity among workers.
Among the first to study what would one day come to be known as management was philosopher Mary Parker Follett. After graduating from Radcliffe in 1898, she began authoring a series of papers on business conflict, authority, power and the place of an individual in the society and the group (or organizational behavior). Follett was one of the first women invited to address the London School of Economics. US President Theodore Roosevelt made her his personal consultant on managing non-profit, non-government voluntary organisations. Many consider her to have laid the foundation of management study.
Under the classical school, you have three different approaches to management that were developed in three industrialised countries: Scientific management in the US, administrative management in France and bureaucratic management in Germany.
Scientific management in the US: Frederick W Taylor, a mechanical engineer, is referred to as the father of scientific management and is considered one of the leaders of the efficiency movement (This was a major movement in industrial nations in the early 20th century that sought to eliminate waste in all areas of the economy and society by developing and implementing best practices). He suggested a series of measures all aimed at increasing productivity. Every step of the production process was carefully analysed to increase efficiency.
What did Taylor propose? One, that it was important to determine the best way to carry out a task or to co-ordinate it. It was equally important to ensure that you select your employees according to the position. There is no