ADMS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chester Barnard, Scientific Management, Industrial Revolution

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Indira Somwaru

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But now it is motivational, like being a coach. Characteristics: leadership, emotional intelligence (see the flaws in your actions or your employees), patience. Employees might not be loyal to the organization, but if theres a good manager, their loyalty will lie there. Figurehead: symbolic roles, ceremonial (i. e. picking employee of the month) Leader: motivating people, meeting people outside of their department (i. e. meeting with. Spokesperson: transferring info outside of the department. Entrepreneur: responsible to come up with smart new ideas that will impact the department/ company (new incentive pay) Resource allocator: distribute money, budget, allocate to different project. Managers sitting and planning and doing nothing else. But actually they are very active and dealing with lots of areas. Scientific management: in late 1800, onto 1900, there was a classical approach, around the industrial revolution. Goes through a line to get the thing done, like a car. Workers were thought to be lazy and had to be supervised closely.