ASSESSMENTOF CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF MANAGEMENT
MASENO UNIVERSITY
MBA PROGRAM
2013/14 YEAR
MBA 808: MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
ASSIGNMENT 2
ASSESSMENT OF CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF MANAGEMENT
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BY WHOM?
(5 PAGES SINGLE SPACING, TIMES NEW ROMAN, FONT 12)
BY
JONI ANYANGO K’ONDIEK
INTRODUCTION
Management theory is a set of ideas and rules intended to help supervisors/managers to know the goals of the organization, to understand what inspires people to work when achieving the goals of the organization and to plan work required to attain the goals of the organization in the most competent and effective way possible.
HISTORICAL THEORIES OF MANAGEMENT
Scientific Management Theory, Fredrick Taylor (1890-1940): Tasks were standardized as much as possible where workers were rewarded and punished. This worked well for organizations with assembly lines and other mechanistic, routinized activities.
Bureaucratic Management Theory, Max Weber (1930-1950): Max Weber embellished the scientific management theory with his bureaucratic theory focusing on dividing organizations into hierarchies, establishing strong lines of authority and control.
Human Relations Movement (1930-today): A major belief included that the organization would prosper if its workers prospered as well. Fig. 1
Fig. 1 above summarizes evolution of management theories over the years i.e. Pre-Classical, Classical, Behavioral, Quantitative and Contemporary viewpoints.
This article therefore assesses the Contemporary viewpoints.
CONTEMPORARY VIEWPOINTS:
The dominant theories of organizations prior to the 1960s were:
1). Classical/Traditional School, who saw organizational design as a rational structure, or mechanisms which would be imposed upon people and
2). Human Relations, or Social Psychological School, who saw organizations primarily in terms of the needs of the individuals within them.
The theorists of human relations set out to humanize the work place at the expense
MBA PROGRAM
2013/14 YEAR
MBA 808: MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
ASSIGNMENT 2
ASSESSMENT OF CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF MANAGEMENT
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BY WHOM?
(5 PAGES SINGLE SPACING, TIMES NEW ROMAN, FONT 12)
BY
JONI ANYANGO K’ONDIEK
INTRODUCTION
Management theory is a set of ideas and rules intended to help supervisors/managers to know the goals of the organization, to understand what inspires people to work when achieving the goals of the organization and to plan work required to attain the goals of the organization in the most competent and effective way possible.
HISTORICAL THEORIES OF MANAGEMENT
Scientific Management Theory, Fredrick Taylor (1890-1940): Tasks were standardized as much as possible where workers were rewarded and punished. This worked well for organizations with assembly lines and other mechanistic, routinized activities.
Bureaucratic Management Theory, Max Weber (1930-1950): Max Weber embellished the scientific management theory with his bureaucratic theory focusing on dividing organizations into hierarchies, establishing strong lines of authority and control.
Human Relations Movement (1930-today): A major belief included that the organization would prosper if its workers prospered as well. Fig. 1
Fig. 1 above summarizes evolution of management theories over the years i.e. Pre-Classical, Classical, Behavioral, Quantitative and Contemporary viewpoints.
This article therefore assesses the Contemporary viewpoints.
CONTEMPORARY VIEWPOINTS:
The dominant theories of organizations prior to the 1960s were:
1). Classical/Traditional School, who saw organizational design as a rational structure, or mechanisms which would be imposed upon people and
2). Human Relations, or Social Psychological School, who saw organizations primarily in terms of the needs of the individuals within them.
The theorists of human relations set out to humanize the work place at the expense
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