Scientific Management & MBO

SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVE

The Objective End of the Management-Theory Pendulum

The history of management theory, like that of fashion, has shown a pendulum effect. As hemlines have tended to move up and down over the years, management theory has swung between objective and formalized approaches, in which work or business processes are analysed and broken down into their structural and sequential components, and more subjective and psychological approaches that have concentrated on workplace relationships (Waas Consulting Group, n.d., p. 1). The following discussion will concentrate on two successive phases of the more objective approach, associated with Frederick Taylor's theory of Scientific Management and Peter Drucker's Management by Objective.

Until the late 19th century, management theories as such did not exist. Most workplaces were small, and organized and managed informally, with "top management" in direct contact with line workers. Only armies and a few other specialized organizations operated on a large scale requiring delegation of manage

Related Essays

Concept of Management By Objectives .... Brady, RH (1973). .... goes to work in the public sector. Harvard Business Review, 51(2), 65-74. .... The principles of scientific management. New York: Harper Bros. .... (1572 6 )

Peter Drucker .... period, organizations recognize the necessity of compatibility between the approach to decision-making (...., as an .... The principles of scientific management. .... (3251 13 )

Applications of Total Quality Management .... widely used in manufacturing, education, government, service industries, and scientific research and .... Like Management by Objectives (....), TQM uses a .... (679 3 )

The TQM philosophy of Management .... gathered and decisions are based on scientific tools and .... did not like the idea of management objectives with .... that with managing-by-objectives (....), people get .... (2383 10 )

The TQM philosophy of management .... gathered and decisions are based on scientific tools and .... did not like the idea of management objectives with .... that with managing-by-objectives (....), people get .... (2383 10 )

Category: Business - S