Scientific Management And Human Relations

In the 20th century, the world is increasingly developing as a consequence for the emergence of a number of management theories to shape the operations of the company. Management is a process of getting things done, effectively and efficiency, with and through other people. Organization is a group of at least two people intentionally to accomplish specific goals. Therefore, this leads to the appearance of management and organizational behaviour theory with a view to developing an organization. However, the word “management” are more appropriate to the early 20th century time of period. The knowledge of management was actually unified, developed and taught in a variety of settings. These methods had further been developed whichs resulted in Scientific Management as well as Human Relations approaches which exist in a large number of organizations and play an important role in making organizations successful. However, only around the beginning of 20th century, the knowledge of management was actually unified, developed and taught in a variety of settings. Those early proponents were called classical approaches. There are significant modifications in the way modern organizations work placed alongside traditional organizations. There are two approaches: Scientific Management and Human Relations management. This essay provides detailed information about these theories as well as the analysis of their advantages and disadvantages In the current business environment, various theories have supported the management to create new ways to organize and manage. The role of managers, also known as " essentially an integrated operations repellent every aspect of an organization's activities " (Mullin, 2005). These internal and external factors h...

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...nizations , however , the elements of it is concerned that they have become ingrained in all modern organizations and is the very reason why the two methods used in management has taken on a new dimension in century 21st

The essay has demonstrated me research about two opposite approaches to management to answer the questions: “Are scientific and human relations management still applicable to organizations in the 21st century?”. In conclusion, it can be seen that Scientific Management is still very much a apart of any organization in the 21st century. Its strengths in creating a divide between management fuctions and work functions have been employed widely at all levels and in all industries. The two management styles mentioned in this essay sound complicated, difficult and hard to practice, but in reality it is not like that at all.