Theorists
This theorist is known as the "father of Scientific Management."
Who is Frederick Winslow Taylor
This theory finds its basis in strict hierarchical design, efficiency of process and production, specific division of labor, and control mechanism.
What is "classical theory"
What are the foundational concepts that should be integrated within all public administrative work?
What is "Pillars of Administration"
Who is the theorist who is known for the 14 principles of administration?
What is Henry Fayol
The basic tenets of this theoretical domain are rooted in the industrial revolution of the 1700s and the professions of industrial engineering and economics
What is "Classical Organization Theory"
This theorist states, "A formal organization is a system of consciously coordinated activities or forces of two or more persons.
Who is Chester Bernard
A major theme of this theory was that organizations did not and could not exist as self-contained islands isolated from their environments.
What is Neoclassical theory
Name three ways government is different from private organizations.
What is "budgeting, representation, service provision"
Adam Smith believed that the specialization of the labor force is dependent upon breaking down large jobs into many tiny components. What is this organization theory concept?
What is Division of Labor
In what theoretical domain is Frederick Taylor most relevant?
What is "Classical Org Theory domain"
Who is famous for finding the most efficient way of performing any job?
Who is Taylor
This theory owes a considerable debt to structural/functionalists and is, at its base level, concerned with social systems conceived as a whole
What is Systems Theory
What kind of "man" takes in all the complexities, possible alternatives, and possible consequences of a situation when making a decision?
What is a "rational man"
Henri Fayol believed that employees could produce more and better work with the same effort. Employees should work on the same part; managers should be concerned with the same matters, because it will allow them to acquire an ability, sureness and accuracy to increase output. What organizational theory concept is this?
What is Division of Work
This domain's perspective regards instrumental rationality as the essence of that part of human organizing known as administration.
What is "Neo-Classical"
Who is the theorist and what is the theory that structures an organization into a hierarchy and the members of the organization are governed by clearly defined rational-legal decision making rules?
Who is Max Weber and What is bureaucracy
What theory emphasizes the tenets of the Classical Theory domain but considers a different approach that includes human capital
What is Neo-Classical Theory
What kind of organizations, does Barnard say, comprise the "consciously coordinated" activities of people?
What are formal organizations
Luther Gulick believed that managers should plan, organize, staff, direct, coordinate, report, and budget (POSDCORB). What is this organizational concept?
What is Organizing the Executive
This theoretical domain grew out of a suspicion that organizations could not be totally built along lines of efficiency.
What is "Human Relations Theory"
Who is the theorist who posited that every person has a driving motivator, which is either needs for achievement, affiliation, or power?
Who is McClelland
These two theories proposed by Mc Gregor embody "management by control" and "management by objectives".
What is "Theory X and Y"
What kind of rationality includes in its definition, action which is rational only to the extent that it effectively accomplishes predefined goals.
What is "instrumental rationality"
In response to authors like Frederick Taylor, this 1937 book was the first to discuss the processes of coordination and decision making which the author found to be central to understanding organizational life
What is "The functions of the executive"
This theoretical domain was the first to provide a view of organizations which takes into account interactive environments dynamic relationships.
What is "Systems Theory Domain"