MGT1FOM Key Management Theorists
MGT1FOM Key Management Theorists
The theorists covered in this MGT1FOM Key Management Theorist study reference guide have each made significant contributions to management theory. It is recommended that MGT1FOM students have a working understanding of the contributions of each of these theorists.
Unless noted otherwise, the source of the content for each theorist is adapted from:
Wren, DA & Bedeian, AG 2009, The Evolution of Management Thought, 6th edn., John
Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
Contents
Babbage, Charles (1792–1871)
2
Barnard, Chester Irving (1886–1961)
4
Fayol, Jules Henri (1841–1925)
9
Follett, Mary Parker (1868–1933)
18
Lewin, Kurt T. (1890–1947)
24
Mayo, George Elton (1880–1949)
25
McCallum, Daniel Craig (1815–1878)
29
Poor, Henry Varnum (1812–1905)
29
Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856–1915)
31
Weber, Max (1864–1920)
36
1
Babbage, Charles (1792–1871) (pp.66-69)
To call Charles Babbage an irascible genius is to pay him the greatest compliment, for he fitted both qualities and emerged as a significant figure in management thought well before Frederick W. Taylor.
Largely technique oriented like his contemporaries, Babbage, through his application of technological aids to human effort, earned a place in history as the patron saint of operations research and management science. He theorized and applied a scientific approach to management long before the scientific management era began in the United States. Born in Devonshire, England, the son of a wealthy banker, Babbage used his inheritance in a lifelong quest ‘‘into the causes of all those little things and events which astonish the childish mind.’’ He remarked that his first question after receiving a new toy was invariably, ‘‘Mamma, what is inside of it?’’ and he also invariably broke open the toy if the answer did not appear satisfactory. The value of his work was recognized by few of his contemporaries, and he was generally considered a crackpot by his neighbors. His personal traits
The theorists covered in this MGT1FOM Key Management Theorist study reference guide have each made significant contributions to management theory. It is recommended that MGT1FOM students have a working understanding of the contributions of each of these theorists.
Unless noted otherwise, the source of the content for each theorist is adapted from:
Wren, DA & Bedeian, AG 2009, The Evolution of Management Thought, 6th edn., John
Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
Contents
Babbage, Charles (1792–1871)
2
Barnard, Chester Irving (1886–1961)
4
Fayol, Jules Henri (1841–1925)
9
Follett, Mary Parker (1868–1933)
18
Lewin, Kurt T. (1890–1947)
24
Mayo, George Elton (1880–1949)
25
McCallum, Daniel Craig (1815–1878)
29
Poor, Henry Varnum (1812–1905)
29
Taylor, Frederick Winslow (1856–1915)
31
Weber, Max (1864–1920)
36
1
Babbage, Charles (1792–1871) (pp.66-69)
To call Charles Babbage an irascible genius is to pay him the greatest compliment, for he fitted both qualities and emerged as a significant figure in management thought well before Frederick W. Taylor.
Largely technique oriented like his contemporaries, Babbage, through his application of technological aids to human effort, earned a place in history as the patron saint of operations research and management science. He theorized and applied a scientific approach to management long before the scientific management era began in the United States. Born in Devonshire, England, the son of a wealthy banker, Babbage used his inheritance in a lifelong quest ‘‘into the causes of all those little things and events which astonish the childish mind.’’ He remarked that his first question after receiving a new toy was invariably, ‘‘Mamma, what is inside of it?’’ and he also invariably broke open the toy if the answer did not appear satisfactory. The value of his work was recognized by few of his contemporaries, and he was generally considered a crackpot by his neighbors. His personal traits