Management-yesterday-and-today.ppt

&contingencyapproachesDiscusscurrentissuesandtrendsTheories….–EarlyExamplesanisedendeavoursdirectedbypeoplecanbetracedbackforthousandsofyearsForexample:TheBuildingOfThePyramidsTheGreatWallOfChinaVenice,amajoreconomicandtradecentreinthe1400’s(winebreaks)HistoricalBackground–AdamSmithIn1776Adamsmithpublishedthe“WealthofNations”Inhisbookhearguedtheeconomicadvantagestobederivedfromthedivisionoflabour(thebreakdownofjobsintonarrower,repetitivetasksHistoricalBackground–IndustrialrevolutionLateintheC18th,anising;?MANAGERS-Earlyinthe1900’sfirststepstowardsmanagementtheoryweretaken….=he‘onebestway’forajobtobedone.(1911)FredrickWinslowTaylor,the“Father”ofscientificmanagement,InPrinciplesofScientificManagementidentifiedthefollowingcontributions:ScientificManagementTaylor’s4principles:––MOTIONSTUDIES-Timedworkermotionstooptimiseperformance(famousstudyofbricklayingmotionsSO-TheGilbreth’scontributiontoscientificmanagementincluded:analysingjobsimprovingefficiencyacknowledgingtheprincipleof‘onebestway’