SOSC 1510 Study Guide - Final Guide: Frederick Winslow Taylor, Lyndall Urwick, Scientific Management
17 Jun 2017
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Theories of bureaucracy by weber, taylor, and gulick & urwick. A workplace approach that is hierarchical, authoritarian, centralized, top- down, command-and-control. Weber"s bureaucratic theory was a system of authority relations defined by rationally developed rules and focused on hierarchy and authority. Hierarchy is the best means of organizing a bureaucracy. Taylor focused on finding the one best way to do a task and getting every employee to work that way for maximum efficiency. (see taylorism above) Gulick & urwick"s ideas emphasized a large hierarchal system and lots of supervision. Organizations are best understood in structural terms. (boxes, not people) The logic of an organization is to achieve ends by the most economical, efficient, and effective means possible. Management should take a command and control role within the organization. Senior management is the driver of the organization. Employees are expected to faithfully execute the orders of management.
