MNGT 3100 Lecture Notes - Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Hawthorne Effect, Time And Motion Study
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2250 bc- king hammurabi issues a code of 282 laws to govern business/ wages and to manage babylon. 1330 bc- moses employs organizational structure and rules to govern "thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens" 600 bc- chinese general sun tzu applies ideas of planning and organizing to military strategy. 370 bc- greek scholar xenophon describes the division of labor to create shoes. University of pennsylvania becomes first us business school thanks to joseph wharton. Management, which shows scientific approach to improve efficiency (taylorism) Frank & lillian gilbreth originated motion study and considered the setting"s impact on workers- high worker satisfaction >> increased productivity. Observation bias ( if you know you"re in an experiment affects the outcome) Many cases of managing large uneducated populations to maintain order, accomplish major tasks, or increase efficiency. b. A french mining engineer who developed and published a series of 14 management principles during the early 1900s.