GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Utopia, Scientific Management, Quality Management

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Deborah De Lange

Document Summary

Europe 1700 1900 (industrial revolution) : large factories were built to facilitate the mass productions of goods, managers were needed to assign workers to specific production tasks, united states 1800 1960s railroads, emergence of large us corporations in rail transportation, these companies were funded by many shareholders( absent owners , managers were needed to run these corporations on a daily basis. 5 duties of management: foresight plan for the future, organization provide and mobilize, command make sure that workers are doing their best, control , coordinating, henri fayol"s 5 duties of management closely resemble the four function of management that are used in contemporary businesses. Aygrirs theory of adult personality: classical management principles and practicing inhibit worker maturation and inconsistent with the mature adult personality, management practices should accommodate the mature personality by, increasing task responsibility, increasing task variety, using participating decision making.