THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES The Premodern Era Organized activities and management have existed for thousands of years‚ for example‚ the construction of the Egyptian pyramids and the Great Wall of China. Michelangelo‚ the genius artist of the Renaissance era‚ was a manager himself. In order to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and other great things‚ he personally selected his workers‚ trained them‚ and assigned them to one or more teams‚ and he kept detailed
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• POSDCORB – Planning – Organizing – Staffing – Directing – Coordinating – Reporting – Budgeting Leadership Leadership – a new definition • Chester Barnard – 1938 new definition of leadership The ability of a superior to influence the behavior of subordinates and persuade them to follow a particular course of action. (Barnard 1938) Power Power – French and Raven (1960) • Legitimate power – comes solely from the position the superior holds in an organization • Reward power –
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ABSTRACT: Organisational Communication‚ in today’s organizations has not only become far more complex and varied but has become an important factor for overall organizational functioning and success. The way the organization communicates with its employees is reflected in morale‚ motivation and performance of the employees. The objective of the present paper is to explore the interrelationship between communication and motivation and its overall impact on employee performance. The
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8. Mary Parker Follet - Formulated the Principle of Coordination and focused her study on Behavioral Mgt. model 9. Chester Barnard - formulated the Acceptance Theory of Authority known also as Efficient-Effective theory 10. W. Edward Deming - Father of Quality
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Historical Background of Organisational Behaviour EVOLUTION AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF OB OB is an old concept because every civilisation has taken interest in behaviour within organisation. Rikki and Susan Phelps write‚ “It is an interesting phenomenon that which is touted as fundamentally ‘new management practice’ is essentially the readapting of existing ‘old management .Truths”. Fred luthans stated‚ “there is no question that the early practicing
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Controversies over Accounting Profitability Modern concept of Strategic Management started in the 50’s at Harvard Business School(Ghemawat‚ 2002; Hoskisson‚ Hitt‚ Wan‚ & Yiu‚ 1999). Even the first authors mentioned its basic ideas since the 30’s (Barnard‚ 1938)‚ the formalization of this new discipline is thanks to the work of Chandler (1962)‚ Ansoff (1965) and Andrews (1971). Since then‚ researchers had studied firms in order to understand their strategic behavior and one question has been especially
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firms outperform others? 2 Other Definitions of Strategy Oxford Dictionary: The art of war‚ especially the planning of movements of troops and ships etc.‚ into favorable positions; plan of action or policy in business or politics etc. Chester I. Barnard: Strategy is intended to focus on the interdependence of the adversaries’ decisions and on their expectations about each other’s behavior. Alfred D. Chandler Jr.: The determination of the long run goals and objectives of an enterprise‚ and the
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INTRODUCTION. During the present century‚ certain schools of management thought have developed. Each school reflects the problems of the period during which they were popular. Herold Koontz was the first who have attempted to classify the various approaches on the management in the schools of management theory. Based on the writings of some of the scholars and Koontz‚ the management thoughts‚ have been classified in several schools of management theory. Below are some of the well-known summarized
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Ford The Thirties Onward Industry (1931) James Mooney & Alan Reiley The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization (1933) Elton Mayo How to Win Friends and Influence People (1937) Dale Carnegie The Functions of the Executive (1938) Chester Barnard The Forties Dynamic Administration (1941) Mary Parker Follett Theory of Social and Economic Organization (1947) Max Weber Administrative Behavior (1947) Herbert Simon The Fifties The Changing Culture of a Factory (1951) Elliot Jacques
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The Silver Spring Monkey Case which involves the mistreatment of monkeys in The Institute for Behavioral Research started People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) turned out to be one of the biggest‚ most profitable‚ and fast growing animal rights groups. PETA and its founder Alex Pacheco attracted the public’s attention with the Silver Spring Monkey Case and the reaction of the public and other animal right’s associations started an animal rights revolution. Alex Pacheco was cofounder
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