Some Great Thinkers

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A compilation of Management Evolution and great thinkers

SOME GREAT ACHIVERS

Mary Parker Follett
? She was an

American social worker, management consultant and pioneer in the fields of organizational theory and organization al behavior. ? she is regarded by some writers as the “mother” of Scientific Management. As such she was one of the first women ever invited to address the London School of Economics.

Four Principles of Coordination

Fritz Jules Roethlisberger & Elton Mayo
? In 1937, Roethlisberger

and Elton Mayo, published the first comprehensive findings of the Hawthorne experiments. ? They had studied on the influence of social attitudes & relation ships of work groups on performance. ? Hawthorne studies showed the importance of groups in affecting

Researches on Hawthorne studies
? Came up with the social factors as

Morale Satisfactory interrelationships Effective management Group behavior

Herbert Alexander Simon
? He was

an American scientist , economist, sociologis t & psychologist. ? He is known for his logic theory machine , general problem solver bounded rationality & decision making.

Simon Three Activities in Decision Making

Henry Robinson Towne
• He was

an American mechanical engineer and businessman. • He came up with a book as “Scientific Management”. • He laid out his ideas about the management role for the engineer in his book “The Engineer as Economist”.

Henry Laurence Gantt
? He was best known for

developing the Gantt chart . ? Gantt chart was a bar chart that shows the time relationships between the “events” of a production. ? Gantt created many different types of charts. He designed his charts so that foremen or other supervisors could quickly know whether production was on schedule, ahead of schedule, or behind schedule.

Harrington Emerson
• He was one of America's

pioneers in industrial engineering and management and organizational theory. • He contributed to the system efficiency focus of industrial engineering. • Nearly two hundred companies adopted various features of the Emerson Efficiency system.

12 Principles of Efficiency
? Clear defined ideas. ? Common sense. ? Competent counsel. ? Discipline. ? The fair deal. ? Reliable, immediate & adequate records. ? Dispatching. ? Standards & schedules. ? Standardized conditions. ? Standardized operations. ? Written standard-practice instructions.

Chester Irving Barnard
? He came up with the system theory

of organizational studies. ? According to Barnard, organizations are not long-lived because they do not meet the two criteria necessary for survival: effectiveness and efficiency. ? He stated that the task of managers is to maintain a system of cooperative effort in a formal organization. ? He also suggested a comprehensive social system approach to managing.

Henry S. Dennison's
• He came up with enhanced

understanding of the next system of private and public economic power. • Dennison preceded Mayo in proffering the view that humans are not merely the egoistic, utilitarian animals of mainstream economics and Scientific Management, but that they have other psychosocial needs, and their social relationships at work play an important role in their productivity. • Came up with many industrial

Oliver Sheldon
• He was a director of the Rowntree

Company in York, in the UK, in the 1920s. • He was closely involved in restructuring the management and organization of the growing confectionery company . • Sheldon advocated a human relations style of management which placed the individual in a human context involving a range of emotional and psychological needs.

Ernest Dale: The "Urfaust"
• If there ever was an "Urfaust" in

management, advertising and marketing thought, it is Hans Domizlaff. • He is one of the immortals of the managerial "symbolists". Everyone of course knows his symbols of Siemens and Reemtsma. Everyone knows - or should know - that he is probably the greatest symbolist of his age. • He has made a major contribution to aiding in the fateful transition from the genius of management to his successor.

Frederick Halsey
• He was an English Conservative

Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1906. • Halsey was elected Conservative MP for Hertfordshire and served in the post until 1885. • He was created a baronet on 22 June 1920, in the 1920 Birthday Honours.

James Mooney
• He was an

American ethnographer who lived for several years among the Cherokee. • He did major studies of Southeastern Indians, as well as those on the Great Plains.His most notable works were his ethnographic studies of the Ghost Dance . • He emphasized a tight engineering approach to the manager's job of getting work done through others. • He gave little thought to the human element, but instead was exclusively

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
• The Gilbert's were most successful in the

development of motion studies, as opposed to time studies. • This development studies the physical motions necessary for completing a task and how the elements and work environment affect motions. • Lillian , an industrial psychologist, focused on the human aspect of work and understanding of workers personalities and needs. • Field Study is a compilation of interviews and dayin-the-life scenarios for common industrial workers,

Max Weber
• Max Weber a German sociologist

propounded the theory called principle of bureaucracy – a theory related to authority structure and relations . • According to him, bureaucracy is the formal system of organization and administration designed to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. • He suggested an ideal model for management as bureaucratic approach. • He in the book the theory of social and economic organizations, explained the

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