How influential is scientific management in the 21st century? 1. Scientific management was originally developed in the 1800s by an economist‚ Adam Smith. He was interested in a factory that operated and produced pins‚ and through the breaking down of tasks e.g. division of labour he increased output from 20 pins per employee per day to 4‚800 pins. However the greatest break through in scientific management came in the 1900s during the peak of the industrial revolution‚ and due to the emergence
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Reliability and validity are essential in terms of observation and measurement as it relates to human services research. In order to ensure this particular research has legitimacy it is vital that testing and research is consistent and specific. This paper will define and describe the types of reliability and validity and provide examples of each as it relates to human services research. It will also provide examples of how data collection methods and instruments are used in relation to human services
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1. Management is as a factor of production along with machines‚ materials‚ and money. Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. 2. Four main factors of management are: * Planning‚ Planning requires that managers be aware of environmental conditions facing their organization and forecast future conditions. It also requires that managers
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Read the following case and answer the questions given at the end of the case. LOSING A GOOD MAN Sundar Steel Limited was a medium-sized steel company manufacturing special steels of various types and grades. It employed 5‚000 workers and 450 executives. Under the General Manager operation‚ maintenance‚ and headed by a chief. The Chief of and under him Mukherjee Maintenance Engineer. The total was 500 workers‚ 25 executives‚ (Production)‚ there were services groups‚ each Maintenance was Shukla was
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Written Reflection on Reliability and Validity July 24‚ 2014 Written Reflection on Reliability and Validity Educational and psychological testing assessments are one of the most important roles therapists have. The correct use and understanding of tests can provide aid‚ benefit‚ and change the life of examinees. However‚ incorrect use of instrument tools and lack of knowledge pertaining to test development‚ interpretation and improper use of tools can also damage lives. As counselors‚ we must
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Classical Management Theory is thought to have originated around the year 1900 and dominated management thinking into the 1920s‚ focusing on the efficiency of the work process. It has three schools of thinking: Scientific management‚ which looks at ‘the best way’ to do a job; Bureaucratic management‚ which focuses on rules and procedures‚ hierarchy and clear division of labour; and Administrative management‚ which emphasises the flow of information within the organisation. Scientific Management Frederick
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Chapter 9: Human Resources and Diversity Assignment NOTE: Fill in all answers in RED font Activity 1 Directions: Answer the following discussion questions Answers to Discussion Questions 1. Which selection criteria (personal interview‚ employment test‚ assessment center) do you think would be most valuable for predicting effective job performance for a manager in a record company? For one of your college professors? For a manager at a coffee shop such as Starbucks? Discuss. For a manager
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In “To Myself” by W.S. Merwin it reveals how as time passes people began to think they lost their inner self but they still have a piece of it. In lines 4-9 it states‚ “I keep remembering you sometimes long ago but then other times I am sure you were here a moment before and the air is still alive around where you were.” This demonstrates how as we get older and start to mature we come to a stage where we decide to look back on our life. For instance‚ someone may recognize that as they were younger
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5 Management Principles/Concepts Management is the concept of getting work done through others. This concept began evolving in the 1880’s from being ideas and practices into a field of study. In Chuck Williams’ recent edition of “Management”‚ he establishes that there were several instrumental influences on the paradigm shift in the field of management. Those parties include but are not limited to‚ Fredrick Taylor‚ Frank and Lillian Gilbreth‚ Henry Gantt‚ and Henri Fayol. These parties developed
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S. Taylor Williams reads Mother Teresa’s personal writings to analyze her internal emotional state in the article‚ Illness Narrative‚ Depression‚ and Sainthood: An Analysis of the Writings of Mother Teresa. Williams searches through Mother Teresa’s writings looking for certain words‚ a difficulty of describing feelings‚ and a search for meaning‚ which could all indicate Mother Teresa suffered from the mental illness‚ depression. S.T. Williams uses her psychiatric knowledge to inquire whether Mother
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