ECN 212 Lecture Notes - Entrust, Theory X And Theory Y, Industrial Revolution
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The main approaches in management: the classical school 2. Main critics 4: the school of human relations 4, the neoclassical school of management 6. The theory of contingency in the organization 7: the modern school 7. This school is linked to the industrial revolution of the 19th century, which continued into the. 20th century and had repercussions on the evolution of production techniques. We will consider three trends associated with three individuals who mark this school: taylor, He introduced the notion of work rationalization, which aims to eliminate unnecessary movements and idle time, i. e. , waste, in order to establish reasonable production standards. He proposed to companies what he called the "scientific organization of work" (sow), and gave managers the means to organize in detail the workstations and the productive gestures. Within the framework of the sow, taylor suggested 4 fundamental principles: The need to break down tasks into elementary and simple operations.
