GMS 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Henri Fayol, Scientific Management, Job Design

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

Document Summary

Chapter 2: management learning: past to present: the organizational and administrative skills of the early egyptian were impressive. So too were the record keeping skills of the sumerian priests. Assumption: people will rationally consider available opportunities and do whatever is necessary to achieve the greatest personal economic gain. a. Scientific management (frederick taylor): emphasize careful selection and training of workers and supervision support. That taylor had to deal with: taylor came on the management scene in the early 1900s when: Taylorism, as it because known, was never accepted by u. s. workers - by. 1915 the complaints of unionized workers were noted by u. s. Legislators: scientific management was seen as being exploitative its influence on management waned thereafter: administrative principles (henry fayol) Clear hierarchy of authority: organizations should be structured in terms of different layers of authority(i. e. hierarchy) Formal rules and procedures: employees should be given well-defined responsibilities at a particular level.