GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mary Parker Follett, Continual Improvement Process, Association To Advance Collegiate Schools Of Business

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Murray Davidson

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Ex: uber lost 200 thousand users: subordination of individual interests, remuneration, centralization do we have centralized or decentralized? become more decentralized to keep the organization structure flatter, scalar chain, order, equity, personnel tenure, initiative, espirit de corps. Dual citizenship it"s going ot be useful to understand who your line manager is, and who you pledge allegiance to. Administrative principles (henri fayol) rules of management: foresight to, organization, command, cordination, scalar chain, unity of command, unitiy of direction. Bureaucratic organization (max weber: bureaucracy an ideal, intentionally rational, and very efficient form of organization, based on principles of logic, order and legitimate authority. Rigidity in the face of shifting needs. *figure 2. 2 foundations in the behavioural or human resource approaches to management. Groups are mechanisms through which individuals can combine their talents for a greater good. Organizations are cooperating communities of managers and workers. Initial study examined how economic incentives and physical conditions affected worker output.