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    Early management Writers Chapter- 4 Compared with the two preceding centuries‚ the 1800s brought forth a veritable wealth of literature on management. Economists perceived of and wrote about managerial concepts‚ the functions of management‚ and the applications of management theory. Samuel P Newman wrote in 1835‚ needed to constitute a good undertaker‚ a combination of qualities‚ rarely found united in the same individual. He should possess an unusual share of foresight and calculation‚ that

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    developed regarding the structure of organizations. In this paper‚ I will be focusing on Fredrick Taylor‚ Adam Smith‚ Henri Fayol‚ Luther Gulick‚ Max Weber and Gilbreth. These "structuralists" provide with different models of organizational structural theories. Frederick Taylor was the father of modern efficiency model. Around early 1900 ’s‚ he formalized the principles of Scientific Management and developed a set of ideas designed focusing on the individual to help maximize efficiency. His main

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    chWho is he? * British chemist and physicist * Born 1887 * Scientific background * Eton * Trinity College Contribution and achievements * Discovered wavelength (energy) of an X-ray depended on the nuclear charge of an atom * Moseley observed and measured the X-ray spectra of various chemical elements obtained by diffraction in crystals. * The Moseley’s law. * Periodic Table. * Early X-ray crystallography * development of early X-ray spectrometry equipment

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    Management is a vague term which throughout the years many scientists have attempted to define. Is it the objectives of management or the roles one undertakes as a manager that best describes the work of managers? This is a question posed since 1971‚ when Henry Mintzberg established his contemporary theory on Management roles‚ which evidently differed to Henri Fayol’s 1949 classical theory on Management Functions. Fayol identifies five elements of management- planning‚ organising‚ co-ordinating

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    Henri Fayol (1841-1925) Principles & Functions of Management Henri Fayol‚ a French engineer and director of mines‚ was born in a suburb of Istanbul in 1841‚ where his father‚ an engineer‚ was appointed Superintendent of Works to build a bridge over the Golden Horn. They returned to France in 1847. Fayol studied at the mining school "Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines" in St Etienne. At nineteen years of age he started as an engineer at a mining company "Compagnie de Commentry-Fourchambeau-Decazeville"

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    thing in management is to put the necessary person on the necessary place and to achieve performance of the task put before it." Sokrat INTRODUCTION Any organisation‚ any enterprise cannot become successful without management. However management as a science in such kind in which we have it now‚ has appeared not at once. As soon as people began to live in organised groups‚ the necessity of management has appeared. At the first stage where groups of people were insignificant‚ management in all

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    Introduction The current management theory and practices did not pop out of thin air‚ they evolved over many years. The evolution of management thought is not clearly understood‚ but many tried to defined management in different ways starting from the early days. Even before the term management came to be realized it concepts was applicable in most part of the world; in the ancient world the ideas or concepts of sound organizational structure‚ the concepts management is group activity and other concepts

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    Fayol and Mintzberg

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    Introduction Since Fayol left his general manager office‚ separated management from business operation and studied it‚ management has become an independent subject. A number of academics and entrepreneurs are desirous to find what management is and how to be a successful manager. Therefore‚ through varied approaches‚ many different views about management has been appearing such as Fayol’s function theory (1949) which based on his owe managing experience and Mintzberg’s 10 roles theory (1973) which

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    Henri Fayol was a French mining engineer and director of mines who developed a general theory of business administration and one of the most influential contributors to modern concepts of management. When 19 years old he started as an engineer at a mining company "Compagnie de CommentryFourchambeau-Decazeville" in Commentry. By 1900 the company was one of the largest producers of iron and steel in France and was regarded as a vital industry.[1] Fayol became managing director in 1888‚ when the mine

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    respected him. With the assistant of Donald Peterson‚ the process went well. However‚ in the second plant‚ the Suzanne Howard’s team not only did not have the person like Donald Peterson to assistant them but also under a massive pressure from the top management. The only option the have was force the employee to take a part in their operation. There is no surprise that the Suzanne Howard’s team would fail on the second plant. Teamwork‚ leadership are the essential factors for a company‚ they can sustain

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