GMS 200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Scientific Management, Job Design, Theory X And Theory Y

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

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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. But, management as a science and the rise of professional managers are recent developments(1900-present): major contributors in classical approaches. Assumption: people will rationally consider available opportunities and do whatever is necessary to achieve the greatest personal economic gain. a. Taylor came on the management scene in the early 1900s when: Firms had money and wanted to expand, but the limited supply of workers at the time raised questions about hoe best to get the most output per hour of labor. 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, mary parker follett)