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Management Past to Present
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BEHAVIOURAL MANAGEMENT THEORISTS Elton MayoAbraham MaslowDouglas McGregor
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The focus is moving away from Scientific Management & productivity The HUMAN SIDE People want to be social & self-fulfilled!
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HUMAN RELATIONS THEORIES HAWTHORNE STUDIES
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Who? Elton MayoWhen? During the 1920’s What did he do? “Hawthorne Studies”Purpose? Research to study personal productivity…BUT learned something more important!
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#1 Illumination Study: Changed factory lighting level Expectation: BETTER LIGHT = BETTER PERFORMANCE Conclusion: interfering psychological factors Result: turned attention to human relations
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#2 Assembly Room Study: Chose 6 workers to observe in a “special” test room Altered break periods, work-days & work-weeks Measured the affect of fatigue on their output Expectation: FATIGUE = POORER PERFORMANCE
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#2 Assembly Room Study: Result: No direct relationship between changes in physical working conditions & output PRODUCTIVITY INCREASED! Conclusion: SOCIAL SETTING The positive “SOCIAL SETTING” increased productivity
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GROUP ATMOSPHERE PARTICIPATIVE SUPERVISION
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#3 Wiring Room Study: Study focused on the “work group” Result: Groups can have a POSITIVE or NEGATIVE influence on INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTIVITY
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IMPORTANCE! social & human concerns Shifts management’s attention away from scientific management toward social & human concerns as keys to productivity.
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Hawthorne Effect By showing employees that you are concerned about them will usually motivate them to do a better job
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HUMAN RELATIONS THEORIES THEORY X & THEORY Y
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THEORY DISLIKE WORK LACK AMBITION IRRESPONSIBLE RESIST CHANGE WANT TO BE “LEAD”
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THEORY WILLING TO WORK CAPABLE OF SELF- CONTROL ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY IMAGINATIVE CREATIVE SELF-DIRECTED
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HUMAN RELATIONS THEORIES PYRAMID OF NEEDS
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Self- Actualization Esteem Belonging / Social Safety Needs Biological & Physiological MASLOW’S PYRAMID OF NEEDS
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Personal Growth & Fulfillment Achievement, Status, Responsibility, Reputation Family, Affection, Relationships Protection, Security, Order, Law, Stability Air, Food, Drink, Shelter, Sleep, Warmth MASLOW’S PYRAMID OF NEEDS
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NEEDS DEFICIT PRINCIPLE PROGRESSION PRINCIPLE 3 KEY TERMS TO UNDERSTAND:
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NEED A NEED is… A physiological or psychological deficiency a person feels the compulsion to satisfy. These NEEDS can affect a person’s work attitude & behaviour.
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DEFICIT PRINCIPLE DEFICIT PRINCIPLE says… a satisfied need is no longer a motivator for behaviour
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PROGRESSION PRINCIPLE says… the needs are ordered in a “hierarchy”. You only move to the next level when the lower level need has been satisfied.
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The Power of the Pyramid Managers need to create the kind of environment that allows employees to rise to every occasion. Difficulty: People’s needs change. Incentives need to be geared towards their needs. Difficulty: You may have employees that have very different needs & concerns to satisfy. Implication: If your incentives do not satisfy your employees’ needs, they will leave!
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HUMAN RELATIONS THEORIES THEORY OF ADULT PERSONALITY
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Who? Chris ArgyrisWhen? During the 1950-60’s What did he do? Scholar & business consultantPurpose? To examine the needs & capabilities of mature adults working in organizations Immaturity/Maturity Continuum
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What he concluded: Some classical management theories are inconsistent with the mature adult personality Simplified tasks Inhibits self- actualization Taylor’s Scientific Management
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What he concluded: Some classical management theories are inconsistent with the mature adult personality Creates dependent, passive employees Higher levels of management should control & direct people @ lower levels Weber’s Bureaucracy
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What he concluded: Some classical management theories are inconsistent with the mature adult personality May cause psychological failure…individuals should define their own goals Fayol’s Administrative Principles Unity of Control assumes success occurs when 1 person’s work is planned & directed by 1 manager
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