MGHB02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Human Relations Movement, Nepotism, Ideal Type
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Organizations social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Human resources management programs, practices, and systems to acquire, develop, and retain employees in organizations (recruitment and selection, compensation, training and development) Classical viewpoint early prescription on management that advocated high specialization of labour, intensive coordination, and centralized decision making: suggests that managers have fairly few workers. Bureaucracy max weber"s ideal type of organization that included a strict chain of command, detailed rules, high specialization, centralized power, and selection and promotion based on technical competence. This theoretical model would standardize behaviour in organizations and provide workers with security and sense of purpose. The human relations movement and a critique of bureaucracy. Hawthorne studies illustrated how psychological and social processes affect productivity and work adjustment. Human relations movement critique of classical management and bureaucracy that advocated management styles that were more participative and oriented toward employee needs.
