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Pre-classical Management thoughts
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- 2.13.1 Robert Owen (1771 -1858)
- 2.13.2 Charles Babbage (1792 -1891)
- 2.13.3 Henry Vamun Poor
| 2.13 Pre-classical Management thoughts: The Pre-scientific management era refers to the period immediately preceding the scientific management by Taylor and his associates. Prominent among the pioneers who made significant contributions to the pre-scientific thought were 2.13.1 Robert Owen (1771 -1858) He believed workers performance was influenced by the total environment in which they worked. Throughout his life, Owen worked for the building of cooperation between workers and management. He believed and practised the idea that workers should be treated as human beings. Owen suggested that investment inhuman beings is more profitable than investment in machinery and other physical resources. He introduced new ideas such as, shorter working hours, housing facilities, education of workers children, provision of canteens, rest houses, training of workers in hygiene, etc. His ideas and philosophy maybe considered as a prelude to the development of behavioural approach to management. 2.13.2 Charles Babbage (1792 -1891) Babbage was a professor of mathematics at Cambridge University from 1828 to 1839. Babbage perceived that the methods of science and mathematics could be applied to operations of factories. He made several contributions expounding his ideas and theories. Babbage was a pioneer of operations research and industrial engineering techniques. He laid considerable emphasis on specialization, work measurement, optimum utilization of machines, cost reduction and wage incentives. His emphasis on the application of science and mathematics laid the foundation for the formulation of a science of management. 2.13.3 Henry Vamun Poor Poor advocated a management system with a clear organizational structure in which people could beheld completely accountable and the need fora set of operating reports summarizing revenues and rates. He was a strong advocate of effective leadership that 77 would overcome routine and dullness by instilling in the organization a feeling of unity, effective work habits and esprit de corps. Thus, Poor called fora system before Taylor. He called for the recognition of the human factor before Mayo. He also suggested leadership to overcome the rigidities of the formal organization much before Chris Argyris. Download 3.37 Mb. Share with your friends:
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