Week 16: History of Management Thought (Ch. 2)

Question 1

Four major schools/historical approaches of
management

Answer 1

1. Scientific
2. Administrative
3. Human Relations
4. Systems

Competing Values – integration of all approaches

Question 2

Competing Values Approach

Answer 2

Integration of all 4 approaches

Question 3

Management by best seller

and potential problems

Answer 3

Gurus and Best Sellers
* Peter Drucker — first management guru
* Michael Porter, Bill Gates, CK Prahalad, Tom Peters, Jack Welch, Jim Collins, Henry Mintzberg, etc

Potential problems
* Selective inclusion of anecdotal evidence
* Can encourage simplistic “do it because I said so” and “one-size fits all” thinking

Question 4

Earliest management idea? 3 oldest

Exhibit 2.1

Answer 4

Question 5

Taylor’s four principles

Answer 5

Question 6

Weber’s seven elements

Answer 6