Critically compare the Classical approach with Mayo’s ideas on managing: what are the positive and negative sides, of each? Where can you see principals of these management thinkers at work nowadays?

CRITICALLY COMPARE THE CLASSICAL APPROACH WITH MAYO 'S IDEAS ON MANAGING WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SIDES , OF EACH ? WHERE CAN YOU SEE PRINCIPALS OF THESE MANAGEMENT THINKERS AT WORK NOWADAYS (2005

INTRODUCTION

Organization exists and operates with a given number of people . The people interact and cooperate in functioning together in to meet the set objectives of the organization . Thus , it is seen that an organization do not operate in a vacuum it operates as a network of interrelating individuals , whose functions are synchronised and coordinated and directed towards

meeting an immediate objective or a long term gaol of the organization

Since the commencement of the Industrial revolution era , in the late Eighteenth century , Scholars in the social and management sciences , had carried out diverse research in to see how members o f an organization can improve its productivity level , and also the most feasible way workers can be effectively motivated in for them to increase their productivity . This search brought about different theories . The organization theories can be broadly be classified into the Classical organization school of thought and the Neo- classical organization school of thought . Famous theories in the classical school of thought are the Scientific management or Machine school theory propounded by Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856- 1915 . Others Administrative theories associated with the Classical school include Henri Fayol 14 principles of management , Max Weber Ideal Bureaucracy theory . On the Neo- classical school we have the Human relation School of thought . Elton Mayo led the movement . Also there is the Behavioural school , Motivational theories like the Federick Herzberg Two factor theory , Douglas MC Gregory 's X and Y theories , and Abraham Maslow Hierarchy of need theory , among others

Thus , this write-up tent to focus on the comparison between the Classical approach of the Scientific school and the Human relations school . Also , enumeration on how applicable these theories are in contemporary management would be discussed

SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT THEORY

In the weak of the Industrial revolution era , where steam engine and the creation of factories in the production of textiles and other product in the 18th century , the need to bring about increase in the effective rate of output and productivity led to the introduction of the Scientific management theory by Frederick W . Taylor (1856-1915 . The scientific management theory tend to see the workers of an organization like robotic machines that can be motivated only through the carrot and stick approach , i .e , they should be closely monitored and incentives given to them as form of motivation to make them produce more . This theory submits that the work process should be broken down to its easiest smallest units . And the best approach in carrying out these identified units of tasks should be proffered and related to the workers by their supervisors . The workers are to be monitored and timed through the stopwatches and shorter days and breaks given as a way of motivation Thus , the piece rate wage is envisaged by the scientific theory , where...