GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Self-Actualization, Hawthorne Effect, Belongingness

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Franklin Ramsoomair

Document Summary

According to frederick taylor, the principal object of management should be securing maximum prosperity for employer and employee. Behavioural management (henri fayol: division of labour, discipline, unity of command, remuneration, centralization, equity. Mary parker-follett: groups are mechanisms through which individuals can combine their talents for a greater good. Bureaucracy: based on principles of logic, order, and legitimate authority. Initial study examined how economic incentives and physical conditions affected worker output. Belongingness and love needs: intimate relationships, friends. Esteem needs: prestige and feeling of accomplishment. Self actualization: achieving one"s full potential, including creative activities. Level at which maslow"s hierarchy deficit progression principles cease to operate. Assumes that workers: dislike work, lack ambition, are irresponsible. Assumes that workers are: willing to work, willing to accept responsibility, capable of self direction. Classical management principles prevent employees from achieving their potential. Management practices should accommodate the mature personality by: System: a collection of interrelated parts that function together to achieve a common purpose.