Management Theory
Introduction to Management Technology
BMRT 11009 - Section 300
Kent State University
MANAGEMENT
AMY HISSOM
10/26/2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 3
Managers and Managing ........................................................................................................................ 4
What is Management?..................................................................................................................... 4
Essential Managerial Tasks............................................................................................................... 4
Levels and Skills of Managers ........................................................................................................... 4
Recent Changes in Management Practices ....................................................................................... 5
Challenges for Management in a Global Environment ...................................................................... 5
The Evolution of Management Thought ................................................................................................. 6
F. W. Taylor (1890-1940): Scientific Management ............................................................................ 6
The Gilbreths: Time-and-Motion Study ........................................................................................... 6
Max Weber (1864-1920): The Theory of Bureaucracy...................................................................... 7
Henri Fayol (1841-1925): Principles of Management ....................................................................... 8
The Work of Mary Parker Follett ...................................................................................................... 8
The Hawthorne
BMRT 11009 - Section 300
Kent State University
MANAGEMENT
AMY HISSOM
10/26/2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 3
Managers and Managing ........................................................................................................................ 4
What is Management?..................................................................................................................... 4
Essential Managerial Tasks............................................................................................................... 4
Levels and Skills of Managers ........................................................................................................... 4
Recent Changes in Management Practices ....................................................................................... 5
Challenges for Management in a Global Environment ...................................................................... 5
The Evolution of Management Thought ................................................................................................. 6
F. W. Taylor (1890-1940): Scientific Management ............................................................................ 6
The Gilbreths: Time-and-Motion Study ........................................................................................... 6
Max Weber (1864-1920): The Theory of Bureaucracy...................................................................... 7
Henri Fayol (1841-1925): Principles of Management ....................................................................... 8
The Work of Mary Parker Follett ...................................................................................................... 8
The Hawthorne
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