POLS 2250 Lecture Notes - Chester Barnard, Lyndall Urwick, Philip Selznick

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His view of the key functions of management, created the first comprehensive theory. Not very useful for assisting managers in their work or. Analyzing what they do, but part of lexicon of management. Division of work should be divided within organization, goal is to produce more and better work in daily operations, maximize productive capacity, division of labour will contribute to this objective. Authority & responsibilty authority is the right to give orders, Unity of command notion that within organization its best structured if each subordinate reports to no more than one superior or there will be conflicting orders. Centralization must find optimal balance of centralizing control and decentralizing decisions to others. O you can scientifically study work and then determine the best way to structure the job to maximize efficiency. O best craftsperson of era knew how those tasks could best be performed.

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