This activity is important because management practices have developed from decades of management practice and theory. Each approach to management developed as the needs and issues confronting managers changed over time. Understanding the evolutionary process helps to clarify how managers operate in the current organizational environment. The historical perspective of management thought is divided into two major sections: classical approaches and contemporary approaches. Many of these approaches to managing people and organizations overlapped as they developed and had significant impact on one another.
The goal of this activity is to sequence classical and contemporary management approaches appropriately.
Match the description to the corresponding management practice or theory and decade.
Administrative management: 1920
Human relations: 1930
Modern contributions to current and future revolutions: 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020
Sociotechnical systems: 1940
Bureaucracy: 1910
Organizational behavior: 1960
Scientific management: 1900
Quantitative management: 1950
Systematic management: 1890
Systems theory: 1970 and 1980
Match each of the options above to the items below.
Organizational effectiveness is achieved when internal systems and external systems fit.
Organizational effectiveness is achieved when internal systems and external systems fit. Open choices for matching
Statistics, linear programming, simulation, and forecasting are used to gain information to solve problems.
Statistics, linear programming, simulation, and forecasting are used to gain information to solve problems. Open choices for matching
Allowing employee participation and providing challenges results in superior performance.
Allowing employee participation and providing challenges results in superior performance. Open choices for matching
Each organization is a subsystem interdependent on other subsystems
Each organization is a subsystem interdependent on other subsystems Open choices for matching
Leaders such as Jack Welch, Herb Kelleher, and Sam Walton have left their marks.
Leaders such as Jack Welch, Herb Kelleher, and Sam Walton have left their marks. Open choices for matching
Standardized techniques are used for performing duties.
Standardized techniques are used for performing duties. Open choices for matching
Precise approach used for selection, training, teaching, and developing workers.
Precise approach used for selection, training, teaching, and developing workers. Open choices for matching
Specific tasks and assignments are communicated through an established chain of command.
Specific tasks and assignments are communicated through an established chain of command. Open choices for matching2
Management is a profession and can be taught.
Management is a profession and can be taught. Open choices for matching
Psychological and social processes influence employee satisfaction.