Classical Management Approaches
Name the three main classical theorists
Henri Fayol, Frederick Taylor, Max Weber
This effect, discovered during the Hawthorne Studies, describes how worker's productivity increases when they feel they are being observed.
What is the Hawthorne Effect?
This approach uses mathematical models and computer software to improve problem-solving and decision-making in organizations.
What is the Quantitative Management Approach?
This classical management approach involves scientifically selecting workers with the right abilities for specific jobs.
What is Scientific Management?
The combined power of a group working together that is greater than the total power of each individual
What is synergy
This classical management theorist introduced the unity of command and unity of direction principles.
Who is Henri Fayol?
He is a former university professor at Harvard
Who is Elton Mayo
This method, used in inventory management, determines how much to order and when, based on mathematical calculations.
What is Inventory Modeling?
According to Fayol, this principle states that each employee should have only one direct supervisor.
What is Unity of Command?
This level of management is responsible for the departments?
What is Middle Level Management?
This term describes a clear, formal chain of command from top to bottom within an organization.
What is the Scalar Chain?
This psychologist developed a hierarchy of needs, highlighting that people are motivated to satisfy lower-level needs before higher-level needs.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
Modern management approaches emphasize adapting practices based on different situations. What is this concept called?
What is Contingency Thinking?
Weber’s ideal organization is based on this principle, which emphasizes rules, procedures, and hierarchy.
What is Bureaucratic Organization?
What information role am I playing if I am the one who communicate the firm's vision and goals to employees
What is Disseminator?
According to Max Weber, organizations should be founded on logic and order following this structured model.
What is Bureaucracy?
According to McGregor’s Theory X, employees are assumed to be inherently unmotivated and prefer to be led. Name the opposing theory.
What is Theory Y?
This states that an organization must not be managed as having a separate part but as one unit
What are subsystems?
This term refers to Fayol’s idea that work specialization leads to skill improvement and efficiency.
What is Division of Labor?
Which type of management approach assumes that people are complex and require varied methods of management depending on the situation?
What is the Modern Management Approach?
This principle encourages unity and harmony
What is Espirit de corps?
This theory suggest transforming input into output f
What is the system management approach?
Modern managers must integrate elements from classical, behavioral, and quantitative approaches to manage this diverse and complex workforce.
What is Contingency Theory?
Max Weber argued that authority should be based on this, not social status.
What is Merit?
What role do I play if I interact with different stakeholders as the liaison
What is interpersonal role?