Thursday, May 29, 2014

Organisational Behaviour - Classical Theories of Organisational Structure

Classical management theories can be divided into three areas as follow:

1. Scientific Management Theory (Taylorism): Frederick Taylor (1856-1915) is the father of Scientific Management theory. He proposed in this theory that how productivity of workers can be improved by applying scientific methods to their work. He advocated for incentive wage system through which workers can earn extra for their extra work and the management can earn extra revenues. Which also helps in building employees' motivation to work at their full capacity. He used different scientific techniques such as time and motion studies, Gnatt chart, etc for developing scientific methods of performing tasks.

Principles of Scientific Management

Taylor's four important principles of scientific management are as follow:

1. Develop a science for each task of a man's work and replace it with the old rule of thumb.
2. Scientifically select and then train, teach and develop the workman.
3. Management should heartily cooperate with the workers so that it ensures that all the work has been done in accordance with the scientific methods which have been developed.
4. Divide equally the work and responsibility among management and workers. The management take over almost all the work for which they are better fitted than the workmen.

2. Administrative Management  Theory (Fayolism)

3. Bureaucratic Management Theory

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