Management history module
overview
Historical Classical Behavioral Quantitative Contemporary
Background Approaches Approach Approach Approaches
Early Examples of Scientiic Early Advocates Systems
Management Management Approach
Adam Smith General Hawthorne Contingency
Administrative Studies Approach
Studying
history is
important
Industrial Organizational
Revolution because it helps us see Behavior the origins of
today’s management practices and
recognize what has and has not worked!
, MH1.1: Historical background (3000 BC-1776)
Early Examples of management
Construction of the Egyptian pyramids
The Great Wall of China.
Important historical events
Adam smith (1776): The publication of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, in which he argued
the benefits of division of labor (job specialization).
Industrial revolution: It became more economical to manufacture in factories than at home.
Managers were needed to manage these factories, and these managers needed formal
management theories to guide them.
Definitions
division of labor (job specialization): The breakdown of jobs into narrow and repetitive
tasks.
industrial revolution: A period during the late eighteenth century when machine power was
substituted for human power, making it more economical to manufacture goods in factories
than at home.
overview
Historical Classical Behavioral Quantitative Contemporary
Background Approaches Approach Approach Approaches
Early Examples of Scientiic Early Advocates Systems
Management Management Approach
Adam Smith General Hawthorne Contingency
Administrative Studies Approach
Studying
history is
important
Industrial Organizational
Revolution because it helps us see Behavior the origins of
today’s management practices and
recognize what has and has not worked!
, MH1.1: Historical background (3000 BC-1776)
Early Examples of management
Construction of the Egyptian pyramids
The Great Wall of China.
Important historical events
Adam smith (1776): The publication of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, in which he argued
the benefits of division of labor (job specialization).
Industrial revolution: It became more economical to manufacture in factories than at home.
Managers were needed to manage these factories, and these managers needed formal
management theories to guide them.
Definitions
division of labor (job specialization): The breakdown of jobs into narrow and repetitive
tasks.
industrial revolution: A period during the late eighteenth century when machine power was
substituted for human power, making it more economical to manufacture goods in factories
than at home.
