Compare And Contrast Classical And Classical Theories

The workplaces today has made significant advances since the introduction of the concepts put forth by Frederick Taylor and Mary Parker Follett. Both still have an impact on modern management, with both serving in different work environments and sometimes co-enforced together in specific dynamics when done correctly. As the father and mother of management thought, respectively, Taylor and Follett found solutions to similar goals through different ideology. While there has been an evolution in their ideas, their fundamentals still hold importance and practicality for managing in the twenty-first century. Management learning is dividable into two different types of approaches; classical and behavioural. Both possess ideas of how to make efficient use of base-level employees for

In some cases, both classical and behavioural ideas are used coherently in a work environment. Even though both were different in their ideologies, their principles and aim were to increase productivity at the lowest cost possible and with the maximum utilization of resources. In today 's modernized world, organizations always have to have a competitive edge to have a chance at success. They can do so when they have either a more extensive inventory, work faster, offer more cost-effective options for the consumer or the company, or even all the above. Along with organizational goals, individual growth is also essential to the company. If a company is going to use scientific management, then its efficiency will increase and at the same time effectiveness will decrease. If it goes for behaviourism, then efficiency and effectiveness both will improve. So if a company is going for both scientific management as well as human relations, then it would increase the productivity at the lowest cost, as well as improve efficiency and boost effectiveness at the same