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Sociotechnical Systems Theory
research leads to the development of the Sociotechnical Systems Theory, which considers both the social and the technical aspects when designing jobs. -
Maslows hierarchy of needs
This provides a framework for gaining employees' commitment. -
Leadership and Management
Peter Drucker writes The Practice of Management and introduces the five basic roles of managers -
Hygiene and Motivational factors
Frederick Herzberg developed a list of factors that are closely based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, except it is more closely related to work -
Theory x and y
influence the design and implementation of personnel policies and practices. -
management Grid
Robert Blake and Jane Mouton develop a management model that conceptualizes management styles and relations -
In search of excellence
McKinsey's John Larson asks his colleague, Tom Peters, to step in at the last minute and make a presentation that leads to In Search of Excellence. Thus, Tom Peters spawns the birth of the “Management Guru Business.” -
Learning Organization
Peter Senge popularized the Learning Organization in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. He describes the organization as an organism with the capacity to enhance its capabilities and shape its own future. -
Business Process Management
a discipline involving any combination of modeling, automation, execution, control, measurement and optimization of business -
Drive theory
argues against old models of motivation driven by rewards and fear of punishment by extrinsic factors, such as money, and lays forth the premise that human motivation is largely intrinsic