MNG2601 Chapter 1EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
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Explain the Scientific Management Approach
1. Thorough testing of different work methods to find the most effiecient to
complete a task
2. Contributors include
- FW Taylor - 'One right way to do each task',
- Frank and Lillian Gilbreth - Ergonomics and Count Movements to complete a
task, and
- Henry Gantt - Gantt Charts
Explain the Bureaucratic management Approach
It refers to the approach of structuring a business into a hierarchy where
everything is governed by rational decision-making rules.
The historical background - Monarchies & Patriarchies gave positions, not skill or
merit
Contributor - Max Weber
Explain the Administrative management Approach
Refers to the performance of five managerial functions for successful
management:
1. planning,
2. organising,
3. coordinating,
4. commanding and
5. controlling.
Explain the Human relations approach to management Approach
, This approach to management views people not as extensions of the machinery
and equipment that are used in businesses, but as valuable business resources in
their own right
Explain Total Quality Management (TQM).
It seeks to improve productivity through customer satisfaction and employee
involvement, and is based on four pillars:
a systems approach,
a customer focus,
people involvement and
a process of continuous improvement.
Explain The Systems approach to management
According to this approach to management, businesses need to be managed as
open systems comprising various subsystems and they need to be managed as
self-regulating and interconnected systems that interact with other external
systems such as markets, suppliers, society and government.
Explain the Contingency Approach to Management
The basic premise of this approach to management is that all management
situations are different and managers must adapt their management practice to
changing conditions.
Explain how do the traditional theories of management evolve to responsible
management and explain the three principles/domains of responsible
management
Traditional management approaches have been blamed for many of the worlds
issues. So this means that management should move from being a source of
problems to the source of solutions.
Responsible Management provides a solution. and refers to the management of a
business built on the principles of sustainability, responsibility and ethics
Differentiate between the contributions of FW Taylor, Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
and Henry Gantt towards the scientific approach to management.
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND
NEW!!
Explain the Scientific Management Approach
1. Thorough testing of different work methods to find the most effiecient to
complete a task
2. Contributors include
- FW Taylor - 'One right way to do each task',
- Frank and Lillian Gilbreth - Ergonomics and Count Movements to complete a
task, and
- Henry Gantt - Gantt Charts
Explain the Bureaucratic management Approach
It refers to the approach of structuring a business into a hierarchy where
everything is governed by rational decision-making rules.
The historical background - Monarchies & Patriarchies gave positions, not skill or
merit
Contributor - Max Weber
Explain the Administrative management Approach
Refers to the performance of five managerial functions for successful
management:
1. planning,
2. organising,
3. coordinating,
4. commanding and
5. controlling.
Explain the Human relations approach to management Approach
, This approach to management views people not as extensions of the machinery
and equipment that are used in businesses, but as valuable business resources in
their own right
Explain Total Quality Management (TQM).
It seeks to improve productivity through customer satisfaction and employee
involvement, and is based on four pillars:
a systems approach,
a customer focus,
people involvement and
a process of continuous improvement.
Explain The Systems approach to management
According to this approach to management, businesses need to be managed as
open systems comprising various subsystems and they need to be managed as
self-regulating and interconnected systems that interact with other external
systems such as markets, suppliers, society and government.
Explain the Contingency Approach to Management
The basic premise of this approach to management is that all management
situations are different and managers must adapt their management practice to
changing conditions.
Explain how do the traditional theories of management evolve to responsible
management and explain the three principles/domains of responsible
management
Traditional management approaches have been blamed for many of the worlds
issues. So this means that management should move from being a source of
problems to the source of solutions.
Responsible Management provides a solution. and refers to the management of a
business built on the principles of sustainability, responsibility and ethics
Differentiate between the contributions of FW Taylor, Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
and Henry Gantt towards the scientific approach to management.
