Key Terms
Organizational improvement through understanding employee motivation and behaviors
Behavioral Management
Inventor of the Assembly Line
Henry Ford
Using experiments to develop new ways to improve workplace efficiency
Classical Management
When machine power replaced human and animal power.
Industrial Revolution
Early Civilizations: Incas, Chinese, Egyptians
Belief there is one best way to do every job
Classical Management Theory
Training, participation and commitment are hallmarks of this.
Early Leader in the development of Classical Management Theory
Frederick W Taylor
Belief that employees behave differently when they receive attention from their manager
Hawthorne Effect
Defines the type of work for effective operation
Administrative Managment
French Businessman and proponent of Administrative Management
Henri Fayol
Belief that employees do not work up to their full potential w/o close supervision
Theory X Managers
Careful, objective study of management decisions
Management Science
American Businessman who led Japan in Quality Management Theory
W. Edward Deming
Belief that employees will work to their full potential when involved in decision making and meaningful work
Theory Y Managers