Organizational Behavior
Taxonomy of Management Theories RUNNING HEAD: TAXONOMY OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT THEORIES
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Taxonomy of Global Management Theories Grace S. Thomson
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Taxonomy of Management Theories Taxonomy of Management Theories This document presents a taxonomy of 14 management theories and models that incorporate grounded theory or theoretical frameworks addressing different aspects of leadership, organizational design, managerial roles, global business, change and innovation, ecommerce and e-business. More than 40 references accompany this work combining original treaties, empirical work and media reports. All the references were extracted from scholarly databases provided by UOP online Library. The taxonomy is organized in four categories: Foundational, traditional, current and emerging global and emerging e-commerce theories. Each table includes a description of the theory, current examples of practitioner or empirical application and other significant attributes.
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Taxonomy of Management Theories Taxonomy of Management Theories I. Foundational Management Theories Theory 1. Principles of Scientific Management (Foundational, Taylor, 1911) General Description Taylor (1911) a foundational thinker and precursor of management control proposed four principles of scientific management (Quinn et al, 2003; Anderson et al, 1994). 1.There is a science for each component of an individual’s work. 2.Selection, training, teaching and development of employees must be scientifically-based. 3.Cooperation with workers ensures that work is done in compliance with scientific principles. 4.Division of work and responsibility must be equal between workers and Current Examples of Theories Other Attributes
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While organizational knowledge and Major criticism to Taylor’s training are visionary aspects of Taylor’s theory, the emphasis was different to
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Taxonomy of Global Management Theories Grace S. Thomson
Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1267942
Taxonomy of Management Theories Taxonomy of Management Theories This document presents a taxonomy of 14 management theories and models that incorporate grounded theory or theoretical frameworks addressing different aspects of leadership, organizational design, managerial roles, global business, change and innovation, ecommerce and e-business. More than 40 references accompany this work combining original treaties, empirical work and media reports. All the references were extracted from scholarly databases provided by UOP online Library. The taxonomy is organized in four categories: Foundational, traditional, current and emerging global and emerging e-commerce theories. Each table includes a description of the theory, current examples of practitioner or empirical application and other significant attributes.
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Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1267942
Taxonomy of Management Theories Taxonomy of Management Theories I. Foundational Management Theories Theory 1. Principles of Scientific Management (Foundational, Taylor, 1911) General Description Taylor (1911) a foundational thinker and precursor of management control proposed four principles of scientific management (Quinn et al, 2003; Anderson et al, 1994). 1.There is a science for each component of an individual’s work. 2.Selection, training, teaching and development of employees must be scientifically-based. 3.Cooperation with workers ensures that work is done in compliance with scientific principles. 4.Division of work and responsibility must be equal between workers and Current Examples of Theories Other Attributes
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While organizational knowledge and Major criticism to Taylor’s training are visionary aspects of Taylor’s theory, the emphasis was different to
References: Taxonomy of Management Theories Communications of the Association for Information System, 11(2003), 394-412. Retrieved February 8, 2008 from EBSCOhost database.