DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Henri Fayol, Scientific Management, Middle Management
Document Summary
Leadership skills are critical to an organization"s success, although they are very rare. These aren"t necessarily set in stone or even have to be formal. Management definition 1: the process of administering and co-ordinating the organization"s resources effectively and efficiently in an effort to achieve the organization"s goals. Management definition 2: the process of planning, organizing, controlling and leading organizational resources in order to achieve organizational goals. Efficiently: doing it with the least amount of input. Traditional method of management: short duration supervision, systematic reflection, and then make decision. Taylorism (classical management) is: standardized work (everyone does the same thing, compartmentalized (simplified work, closely supervised, motivated by pay rate. Henri fayol (administrative management): taylorism but: one boss for every employee, team spirit for organization goals. Max weber (bureaucratic management): taylorism but: documented rules, authority ranks, no favouritism, promotion by performance. Works well in lots of uneducated labour market. Behavioural management: efficiency of taylorism but organizations are social systems.
