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Industrial revolution and large business development.
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Management Schools Through History
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Enlightenment, steam engines, textile mills and industrial revolution.
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Close to 40% of the US population were involved in farming.
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The service economy began to compete with industry.
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Frederick Taylor. the best-known advocance to scientific management focused most of his attention in effiency. Called the father of efficiency.
His theory talks about of workers responsibility to plan and execute their work. they had their tasks and they had the freedom to make it as they consider right, delivering everything on time -
Walt Disney, Luis B. Maier and the rest of Hollywood began to build.
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Research about relation between production and the level of lighting at the plant.
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mass production, electrical power and different forms of democracy.
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Weber - The promoter of bureaucracy
His theory talks about maximizing efficiency to achieve results at the low cost. regulating workers, suppliers and the market. -
Fayol An advocance for the classical approach to organizing.
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Employing individuals was offered by Argyris. Conflicts between organizations needs and worker needs.
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McGregors
The theory talks about how workers should be conducted under pressure and should be rewarded financially. -
Likert
The behavioral theory talks about how the administration depends on internal and external factors in each organization, which are never the same and depends on 4 systems. -
Theory X – Theory Y (McGregors) and (likert) system 4
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Has been created the computer chip.
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Has been created the microcomputer.
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Only 40% of US population saw the burnout as a problem.
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Bowers documented the impact of stringent scientific management approach on the workforce.
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Kast and Rosenzweig identified two polar characteristics for organization – Close/stabled/ mechanistic and open-adaptive-organic
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Was formed another air traffic controlled union. Air controtrolled.
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Close to 68% of seniors and middle managers felt burnout it was a serious problem.
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Reduce 3% population in farming and go to urban life.
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A third power shift from means of production to the use and control of information.
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Fiedler best known about contingency theory applied to leadership.
