Taxonomy of the Theoretical Approaches to the Area of Corporate Management
Taxonomy of the Theoretical Approaches to the Area of Corporate Management
JRolling_09/03/2010_Taxonomy of Theories I
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Frederick W. Taylor, The Principles of Scientific Management (New York: Harper Bros., 1911): 5-29
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Individuals at the lowest level seek coping information in order to meet their basic needs.
Individuals at the safety level need helping information. They seek to be assisted in seeing how they can be safe and secure.
Enlightening information is sought by individuals seeking to meet their belongingness needs. Empowering information is sought by people at the esteem level. They are looking for information on how their egos can be developed.
Finally, people in the growth levels of cognitive, aesthetic, and self-actualization seek edifying information.
Self actualization: the level of transcendence that individuals at this stage seek information on how to connect to something beyond themselves.
Maslow, A., & Lowery, R. (Ed.). (1998). Toward a psychology of being (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley & Sons
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Schein’s theory has 3 levels of culture, which are necessary to understand for effective leadership: artifacts (surface cultures, such as dress, which are easily seen but difficult to decipher), espoused values (conscious goals, strategies and philosophies), and basic assumptions (unconscious beliefs and values that form the core of culture and affect everything we do).
Schein also analyzed group dynamics based on his theory of organizational culture. According to Schein, groups operate within the group culture in the same way that organizations operate within the culture of the organization. Informal groups are divided into 3 classifications:
1. Horizontal cliques: informal groups of similar organizational rank who work in close proximity;
2. Vertical cliques: groups containing various ranks within the same department; and
3. Mixed cliques: groups containing members of
JRolling_09/03/2010_Taxonomy of Theories I
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Frederick W. Taylor, The Principles of Scientific Management (New York: Harper Bros., 1911): 5-29
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Individuals at the lowest level seek coping information in order to meet their basic needs.
Individuals at the safety level need helping information. They seek to be assisted in seeing how they can be safe and secure.
Enlightening information is sought by individuals seeking to meet their belongingness needs. Empowering information is sought by people at the esteem level. They are looking for information on how their egos can be developed.
Finally, people in the growth levels of cognitive, aesthetic, and self-actualization seek edifying information.
Self actualization: the level of transcendence that individuals at this stage seek information on how to connect to something beyond themselves.
Maslow, A., & Lowery, R. (Ed.). (1998). Toward a psychology of being (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley & Sons
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Schein’s theory has 3 levels of culture, which are necessary to understand for effective leadership: artifacts (surface cultures, such as dress, which are easily seen but difficult to decipher), espoused values (conscious goals, strategies and philosophies), and basic assumptions (unconscious beliefs and values that form the core of culture and affect everything we do).
Schein also analyzed group dynamics based on his theory of organizational culture. According to Schein, groups operate within the group culture in the same way that organizations operate within the culture of the organization. Informal groups are divided into 3 classifications:
1. Horizontal cliques: informal groups of similar organizational rank who work in close proximity;
2. Vertical cliques: groups containing various ranks within the same department; and
3. Mixed cliques: groups containing members of