MANA 341 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Frederick Winslow Taylor, Henri Fayol, Human Resource Management
21 Feb 2020
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Although scientific management focused primarily on the technical core on work performed on the shop floor administrative principles looked at the design and functioning of the organization as a whole. For example, henri fayol proposed 14 principles of management, such as each subordinate receives orders from only one superior (unity of command) and. Similar activities in an organization should be grouped together under one manager (unity of direction). These principles formed the foundation for modern management practice and organizational design. The scientific management and administrative principles approaches were powerful and gave organizations fundamental new ideas for establishing high productivity and increasing prosperity. Hawthorne studies interpretations of these studies concluded that positive treatment of employees improved their motivation and productivity. The publication of these findings led to a revolution in worker treatment and laid the groundwork for subsequent work examining treatment of workers, leadership, motivation, and human resource management.
