Classical Management Era

MANAGEMENT

Management is the process of designing, organizing, and maintaining an environment that allows each individual to work together as a group in a composed manner which increases the efficiency in accomplishing the particular task or goal.

Management is an increasingly important in day today complex society. As we can see more number of organization are coming to life and we need a person who can manage the organization and its workers.

Management is the art of controlling people and make them move in a right direction, and taking actions that enables each individual to make their best contribution to the organization. Management is a job that is responsible for control of the company or organization.

The Management job requires knowledge

neo classical management era (1930 - 1950)

4. modern management era (1950 onward) (principles of management and administration, D. chandra bose,2012)

Here we will be seeing in detail about the classical management era, neo classical management era and modern evolution era.

Classical management:

F.W. Taylor along with his associates Gilberth, Gantt, and emerson made a great contribution to the concepts of scientific management. F.W. Taylor is also called the father of scientific management.

Scientific management:

The term scientific management has two terms scientific and management.Scientific means systematic but management means getting things done through others. The scientific management is the art of knowing what needs to be done and what the best way of doing it is.

According to F.W. Taylor “Scientific management means knowing exactly what you want me to do and seeing they do it in the best way and cheapest way”. (Principles of management and administration, D. chandra bose, 2012)

Principles of scientific

Replacement of old thumb rule method

2. Scientific selection and management: Selection of right type of workers/ men for right job is very essential. The task of selection procedure is entrusted to the central personal department. The right selected candidates are then carefully trained and molded according the organizational needs.

3. Labor management corporation:

Cooperation between the employees and management is very essential, it acts as a basement on which the scientific management can be built. This can be achieved by changing the mental attitude of the employees and the management towards each other. Taylor called this the “mental revolution”.

4. Maximum output: Management and workers must work hard to achieve the maximum output. This will be very beneficial to workers, management and stakeholders.

5. Equal division of responsibility: If the responsibility of the management is to plan and organize, then the responsibility of the workers to execute the plan according the instruction provided by the management.

Neo – classical management: The neo classical management was emerged in order to solve the problems caused by