Internal Environment - Advs & Dvd's of Management theories

Question 1

Advantages and Disadvantages of Classical theories

Answer 1

Advantages:

• Piecemeal incentive rewards workers who produce quickly and accurately.
• Hierarchical structures often provide many promotion routes for employees within them.
• High level of supervision reduces the chance of slacking within the firm.
• Decision-making tends to be quick as the leadership style is often autocratic in nature.

Disadvantages:

• Demotivating for workers as it treats them like machines who often never see an end product
• Division of labour can result in boring and repetitive work
• Workers can feel alienated and undervalued as they are seen as labour and not part of a team
• Assumes workers are only interested in financial rewards and that is the only source of their motivation

Question 2

Advantages and Disadvantages of Human relations theories -

Answer 2

• Useful in bureaucratic organisations
• Efficiency is still the core of production lines, manufacturing, factory work and bricklaying
• Appropriate for low skilled jobs which can be standardised and measured