POLS 2250 Lecture Notes - Henri Fayol, Scientific Management, Lyndall Urwick
2 Mar 2013
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January 21, 2013 pols 2250 mau, t. Functions of management: forecast and plan into the future, organize, command, co-ordinate, control. Division of work: (goal: more productive and better work and to maximize this production capacity) Authority and responsibility (give orders, this fits in with organization have expectation that they are going to obey) Discipline (discipline is notion of obedience outward marks of respect) Unity of command (best structured or organized if each subordinate reports to no more then one organizations superior) Frederick taylor (1856 1915) scientific management or taylorism". One best way to perform tasks this could be discovered through scientific research and applied by others. Posdcorb: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, budgeting. All managers do tend to engage in many of these functions on a day to day basis. Drew on his experience in the military. Principle of correspondence (authority and should be responsible for the outcomes)
