GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Scientific Management, Chris Argyris, Mary Parker Follett

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Horatio Morgan

Document Summary

How far does management go: very long time. The magnificent pyramids reflect exceptional organizational and administrative skills. 3000 bc sumerian priests maintained written records of business transactions and management practices in the city of ur, babylon (now. Organizational and administrative skills of the egyptians and record keeping in the sumerian priests. But management as a science and rise of professional managers are recent developments (1900 to present: classical approach to management. The 3 branches of the classical approach to management are: scientitfic management admin pricnciples and bureaucratic organization, major contributors of classical approach. People are rational, they will consider available options and do whatever is necessary to achieve the greatest personal economic gain: scientific management, administrative principles, bureaucratic organization, key driver of development of management science. The development of management theories was partly driven by the demand for well trained professional managers.