GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Henri Fayol, Mechanical Engineering, Scientific Management

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

Document Summary

History of management past and present: what can be learned from classical management, what insights come from the behavioural management approaches, what are the foundations of modern management thinking. Management ideas and practice throughout history: egyptian pyramid constructions (5000 bc, chinese dynasties (2250 bc) Large scale production: machine power, highly specialized workers, birth of classical management. Frederick w. taylor (1859-1915: an american mechanical engineer, the (cid:862)father of s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272) (cid:373)a(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863, one of the first management consultants (cid:862)taylorism(cid:863) Scientific management: frank (1868-1924) and lillian (1878-1972) gilbreth, motion study, eliminating wasted motions improves performance. Problems with scientific management: workers are necessarily human, no time to relax, no permission to innovate. Gms 200: week 5: 14 administrative principles, rules of management, key principles of management, division of work, authority, discipline, unity of command, centralization, scalar chain, order. Max weber (1864-1920: bureaucratic organization (max weber, bureaucracy, an ideal, intentionally rational, and very efficient form of organization.