BUSINESS STUDIES HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Module One FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT & ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT * Meaning of management * Levels of management * Types of managerial tasks * Managerial roles EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT * Evolution of management thought * Management theories BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY * Meaning of business environment * Types of business environment * Meaning of corporate
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Management Thought‚ 6th edn.‚ John Wiley & Sons‚ Hoboken‚ NJ. Contents Babbage‚ Charles (1792–1871) 2 Barnard‚ Chester Irving (1886–1961) 4 Fayol‚ Jules Henri (1841–1925) 9 Follett‚ Mary Parker (1868–1933) 18 Lewin‚ Kurt T. (1890–1947) 24 Mayo‚ George Elton (1880–1949) 25 McCallum‚ Daniel Craig (1815–1878) 29 Poor‚ Henry Varnum (1812–1905) 29 Taylor‚ Frederick Winslow (1856–1915) 31 Weber‚ Max (1864–1920) 36 1 Babbage‚ Charles (1792–1871) (pp.66-69) To call Charles Babbage an irascible
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like Humanistic Theory‚ Neoclassical Theory‚ etc. Elton Mayo‚ an American Sociologist is the founder of the Human Relations Theory. The other writers who contributed to the growth of this theory are William Dickson‚ North Whitehead‚ W. Lloyd‚ and L. J. Henderson‚ among many others. The Hawthorne Experiment (1924-1932) conducted in the Western Electric Company at Hawthorne near Chicago by the Harvard Business School under the leadership of Elton Mayo formed the basis for the rise of the Human Relations
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THE EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT For thousands of years‚ managers faced the same issues and problems confronting executives today. Around 1100 B.C.‚ the Chinese practiced the four management functions—planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. Between 400 B.C. and 350 B.C.‚ the Greeks recognized management as a separate art and advocated a scientific approach to work. The Romans decentralized the management of their vast empire before the birth of Christ. During the Medieval Period‚ the Venetians
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1.What is Organisation and Organisational Behaviour? Organisation is a cooperative interaction dynamic in social system with the purpose of satisfying individual needs (Barnard‚ 1938). This is not a sole definition about organisation‚ there are many other terms about organisation such as‚ Mintzberg (1983) Organisation is "Every organized human activity -- from the making of pots to the placing of a man on the moon -- gives rise to two fundamental and opposing requirements: The division of labor
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management. Classical theorists such as Fayol and Taylor believed in applying universal principles to achieve ‘one best way’ of management. Henri Fayol emphasised ‘command and control’ and taught the five functions of management as; planning‚ organising‚ commanding‚ co-ordinating and controlling. Taylor in the Principles of Scientific Management (Taylor‚ 1911) taught that there was ‘one best method’ of management based on the scientific study of each task. Taylor would not have approved of the focus
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the higher amount of outputs from increased producitivity. (needs emphasis on the workers) The classical management approach comprises of three theories namely- bureacratic management by Max Weber‚ Scientific management by Taylor and Administrative management by Henri Fayol. Max Weber is a German sociologist who defined an organisation as a well-defined hierarchy of authority and responsibility‚ following a system of rules and regulations where there is no confusion and conflicts. Under this formal
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INTRODUCTION - THE EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT THEORY During the industrial revolution that took place in Western Europe and North America in the 18th century; various machines were built and the economy which was based on manual labor was replaced by machines. Then factories of large scale in the garment sector‚ automobile sector etc emerged rapidly and the need to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness has guided the evolution of management theory till today. Managers‚ theorists‚ researcher
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Bureaucratic management Copyright © www.examrace.com Bureaucratic management‚ one of the schools of classical management‚ emphasizes the need for organizations to function on a rational basis. Weber (1864 − 1920)‚ a contemporary of Fayol‚ was one of the major contributors to this school of thought. He observed that nepotism (hiring of relatives regardless of their competence) was prevalent in most organizations. Weber felt that nepotism was grossly unjust and hindered the progress of individuals
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Harappa has contributed to a great extent towards the evolution of the principles of management. In the middle ages‚ the town‚ fairs‚ market‚ the trading companies‚ the agricultural communities‚ the crafts and guides were found to exist. Though F.W Taylor is known as the father of scientific management many person before him made considerable contribution to the development of management thought Notable among them were James Watt‚ Robert Owen‚ Charles Babbage‚ Henri Robinson Towne etc. In the
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