TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture The evolution of management thought (6th edition) - Chapter 12: Scientific management in retrospect

Taylor was the focus for a deeper philosophy of managing human and physical resources in a more technologically advanced world. Taylor’s disciples improved productivity and service to society. Fayol and Weber, Taylor’s contemporaries, also reflected a rational approach to enterprise. Taylor and his followers were affected by and did affect the times. | THE EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT, 6TH EDITION Electronic Resource by: Regina Greenwood and Julia Teahen Scientific Management in Retrospect CHAPTER TWELVE Scientific Management in Retrospect The Economic Environment Technology The Social Environment The Political Environment The Economic Environment The United States was in transition from an agrarian to an industrial nation. In this period of growth, scientific management provided a means whereby a better utilization of resources could occur. The . worker prospered, both in real wages and reduced hours of work. More employees were in management with the addition of staff specialists. This growth in managerial hierarchy made it more critical to plan, organize, etc. The Economic Environment Alfred Chandler’s rationalization of resource utilization describes the needs of industry during this era. The ideas of the scientific management pioneers fit these needs. Industrial efficiency was increasing, partially due to scientific management. Alfred D. Chandler Courtesy of Harvard Business School The Economic Environment America was uniquely diverse 1890-1920: Immigrants were 80% of New York’s population. More Irish lived in the US than in Ireland. 71% of Ford’s labor force was foreign born. Developing systems and procedures and standardization was more important with the heterogeneous workforce. Productivity increased due to: Methods of mass production. Taylorism (Scientific Management) Cheaper sources of power The 1909 Model T. Technology: Opening New Horizons Enterprises developed and grew – 247 of the Fortune 500 were founded from 1880-1929. New technologies developed: Bessemer process in steel Oil refining Internal combustion engine Synthetic material Telephony Electric energy Bessemer process in steel Technology: Opening New Horizons The automobile changed people’s lives and created a new industry. Henry Ford, Charles Sorenson and their associates at Ford created the moving assembly line for mass .

• Quản trị kinh doanh
• Management thought
• Evolution of management thought
• Ideas in management
• Management theory
• Scientific management in retrospect
• Scientific management
• Business ethics
• Management opportunities
• Renaissance of general management
• Management education
• Management pioneers
• Modern management
• Advent of scientific management
• Industrial management
• Systems in management
• Production management
• Management before industrialization
• Ethical considerations
• Emergence of management
• Organization theory
• Industrial growth
• Systematic management
• Scientific management movement
• Industrial revolution
• The industrial revolution