BS1529 PEOPLE in ORGANISATIONS Assignment Topic 2010/11 “To what extent is Taylor’s theory of scientific management still useful for managers today?” Submission Guidelines Word limit: 1‚500 words (10% variation either way accepted) Submission deadline: Monday 13th December 2010 before 10am Submission procedure: • Please submit your assignment in person in hard-copy (do not email your assignment) to the post-box in P28‚ the Undergraduate Enquiries office‚ on the ground floor
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’Federic Taylor ’s Scientific Management reflects an approach to managing that is no longer appropriate for today’s managers ’. Critically evaluate this statement with particular reference to an example from workspace with which you are familiar. Guidance: Many management textbooks claim that Taylor ’s ideas are no longer appropriate‚ but consider whether an organization can operate without clear rules‚ hierarchy and division of labor. Many large and successful organizations‚ such as McDonalds
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Module: Principals of Management Title: Explain Scientific Management. Comment on the contribution of this approach to the development of management thought. What are its limitations? 33 Submission Date: 8th of March 2010 Word Count 2183 “The Principal object of management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer‚ coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee” (Taylor‚ 1947) Introduction The Author will discuss Scientific Management under the following
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Katie Tolan Management Human Relations Perspective The human relations perspective is a way to manage a corporation where the employees are viewed as social beings with complex needs and desires as opposed to just units of production. It is based on the works of Abraham Maslow and Douglas McGregor in the mid twentieth century. This perspective places an emphasis on the social networks found in a corporation and uses gratification‚ not depravation‚ to provide motivation in the workplace.
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THE EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT For thousands of years‚ managers faced the same issues and problems confronting executives today. Around 1100 B.C.‚ the Chinese practiced the four management functions—planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling. Between 400 B.C. and 350 B.C.‚ the Greeks recognized management as a separate art and advocated a scientific approach to work. The Romans decentralized the management of their vast empire before the birth of Christ. During the Medieval Period‚ the Venetians
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“The cost of scientific management is the organized study of work‚ the analysis of work into simplest element and systematic management of worker’s performance of each element.”--- Peter Drucker. Scientific Management is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows and its main objective is to improve economic efficiency‚ especially labor productivity (Mitcham‚ Carl and Adam‚ Briggle Management in Mitcham (2005). The two underlying assumptions under this theory are: (a) there
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foreign multinationals: Patent citation analysis in the U.S. semiconductor industry‚” Strategic Management Journal‚ 17 (winter special issue): 155-165. Almeida‚ P. and Kogut‚ B. (1999). “Localization of knowledge and the mobility of engineers in regional networks‚” Management Science‚ 45: 905-917. Appleyard (1996). “How does knowledge flow? Interfirm patterns in the semiconductor industry‚” Strategic Management Journal‚ 17 (winter special issue): 137-154. Argote‚ L. (1999). Organizational learning: Creating
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Scientific management theory: As its name suggests‚ scientific management theory was invented at a time when adding the word ‘scientific’ to a process was still novel enough to count as its own thing. It’s also called Taylorism‚ after its 19th century inventor‚ Frederick Taylor. Fundamentally‚ it’s a system for exploiting your manpower to its maximum potential and streamlining your production to improve efficiency. It aims to bring to bear logic‚ rationalism‚ and other basic scientific values to
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Scientific management From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article ’s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. See Wikipedia ’s guide to writing better articles for suggestions. (July 2012) "Taylorism" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Taylorism (disambiguation). Frederick Taylor (1856-1915)‚ lead developer of scientific management Scientific management‚ also called Taylorism‚[1] was a theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows. Its
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Human Relations Approach The human relations (HR) approach identifies that the workforce may not all be interested in money as a main motivator but appreciation and job satisfaction is just as if not more important than financial. As highlighted in Herzberg’s research the salary would merely be a “launch pad” for the motivation of the employee‚ with recognition and achievement being a main factor for motivation. The HR approach also supports that idea that employee and employer relationships should
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