MANAGEMENT THOUGHTS

abhishreshthaa

Abhijeet S
Classical Approach


Forms the foundation for the filed of management


The schools for management thoughts are:


Scientific Management


Administrative Theory


Bureaucratic Management


Scientific Management




  • Early 1900s
  • It is defined a “that kind of management which conducts a business or affairs by standards established, by facts or truths gained through systematic observation, experiment, or reasoning.”

Major contributors:


  • Frederick Winslow Taylor

  • Frank and Lillian Gillbreth

  • Henry L.Gantt

  • Frederick Winslow Taylor

  • “Father of scientific management”
  • Two major managerial practices:
  • Piece-rate incentive system

  • Time-and-motion study

Frank and Lillian Gillbreth
1868-1924

  • Motion study involves finding out the best sequence and minimum number of motions needed to complete a task.

  • Explore new ways for eliminating unnecessary motions and reducing work fatigue.

  • Therbligs

  • Micro motion study

HENRY L.GANTT(1861-1919)


  • Well known for

  • Task – and - bonus system

The Gantt chart

  • Task – and - bonus system

  • If the worker completed the work fast, i.e., in less than the standard time, he received a bonus.


Gantt Chat

  • It is a Simple chart that compares

  • actual and planned performances.
 
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