Unit 2 Management History
Management
tenth edition
Stephen P. Robbins
Mary Coulter
2Chapter Management History
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Learning Outcomes
2.1 Historical Background Of Management.
? Explain why studying management history is important.
? Describe some early evidences of management practice.
? Describe two important historical events that are significant to the study of management.
2.2 Classical Approach.
? Describe the important contributions made by Frederick W. Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth.
? Discuss Fayol's and Weber's contributions to management theory.
? Explain how today's managers use scientific management and general administrative theory.
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Learning Outcomes
2.3 Quantitative Approach.
? Explain what the quantitative approach has contributed to the field of management.
? Describe total quality management. ? Discuss how today's managers use the quantitative approach.
2.4 Behavioral approach.
? Describe the contributions of the early advocates of OB. ? Explain the contributions of the Hawthorne Studies to the field
of management. ? Discuss how today's managers use the behavioral approach.
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Learning Outcomes
2.5 Contemporary Approach
? Describe an organization using the systems approach. ? Discuss how the systems approach helps us
understand management. ? Explain how the contingency approach is appropriate
for studying management.
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Why Study Management Theory ?
? Theory : Coherent group of assumptions put forth to explain the
relationship between two or more observable facts and to provide, a sound basis for predicting, future events.
? Importance of Theories :
Theory provides stable focus for understanding what we experience.
Theory enable us to communicate efficiently and thus move in to more and more complex relationship with other people.
Theories help us to keep learning about our world.
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