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History of Management
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Max Weber's Theory of Bureaucracy
Max Weber stated that the best organization would be run like a bureaucracy. This would have a division of labor, organizational heirarchy, with rules and regulations. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 45-46). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Scientific Management by Frederick W. Taylor
Scientific Management was developed by Frederick W. Taylor in his 1911 book "Principles of Management", Scientific Management is also known as Taylorism, it determines changes to improve labor productivity. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 39-40). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Gantt Chart
Created charts to improve workers efficiency. Managers would use the Gantt Chart to plan and complete work. http://www.gantt.com/ -
Henry Ford's Assebly Line
Henry Ford's team first began using an assembly line while building Ford Model T. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 41-42). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Henri Fayol's 14 Principles of Management
These 14 principles Fayol believed were essential to increase the efficiency of the management process. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 46-50). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Total Quality Management
TQM focues on improving the quality of an organization's products and stresses that all of an organization's value chain activities should be directed towards this goal. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 274-276). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Hawthorne Studies
The Hawthorne Effect suggests that managers behavior and leadership approaches can affect workers levels of performance. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 51-53). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Joseph Juran Introduces Pareto's Principle
Juran's Pareto Analysis suggests that 80 percent of all quality problems may be traced to a small number of causes. http://management.about.com/cs/generalmanagement/a/Pareto081202.htm -
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow's Hierarchy suggests that humans have five needs.
1) Physological
2) Social
3) Safety
4) Esteem Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 412-413). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. 5) Self-actualization -
AFL-CIO Labor Unions Created
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Job Characteristic Theory
Job Charateristic Theory stated that jobs should be enriched in ways that boosted motivation, instead of just simplified to a string of repetitive tasks. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 302-303). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Theory X and Theory Y
Douglas McGregor develops Theory X and Theory Y.
Theory X is the negative view of people, while Theory Y is the positive assumptions, and allows employees to be creative and express themselves. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 53). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Requires that men and women be paid equally if they are performing equal work. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 137). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
Prohibits discrimination in employment decisions on the basis of race, religion, sex, color, or national origin. It covers a wide range of employment decisions, including hiring, firing, pay, promotion, and working conditions. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 137). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
SWOT Analysis
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
This is a great way for businesses and management to analyze how the organization compares to internal and external challenges. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 237). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Vroom-Yetton Decision Model
In 1973 Vroom and Yetton released a book called "Leadership and Decision Making". The model helps people make the best decisions. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_91.htm -
Peter Senge's "Learning Organization"
Peter Senge came up with five principles for creating a learning organization.
1) Develop personal mastery.
2) Build complex, challenging mental models.
3) Promote team learning.
4) Build shared visions. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 213). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. 5) Encourage systems thinking. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against disabled individuals in enployment decisions and requires that employers make accommodations for disabled workers to enable them to perform their jobs. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 137). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Civil Rights Act of 1991
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 prohibits discrimination and allows for the awarding of punitive and conpensatory damages, in addition to back pay, in cases of intentional discrimination. Jones, G. R., & George, J. M. (2013). Contemporary management. (8th ed., pp. 137). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. -
Modern Day European Union Develops
On this date, the Treaty of Maastricht was signed, and put into action November 1, 1993. There were 5 goals as part of this treaty. 1) Strengthen democratic governing of the nations. 2) Improve efficiency. 3) Economic and financial unification. 4) "Community social dimension." 5) Security policy. http://europa.eu/about-eu/eu-history/ -
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
United States, Canada, and Mexico enter into the North American Free Trade Agreement. This created the world's largest free trade area. 450 million people were connected, and trade between these countries has grown rapidly. http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/north-american-free-trade-agreement-nafta
