OER for a Post Graduate Programme in HRM

MHRM Module 1 : Principles of Management Module Content Map

Topic 2 : Management Theories Sections: The Classical Management School | The Behavioral Management School | The Human Resources Management School | The Management Science School | Key Points and Activity Back to Topic 1 : What is management? | Go to Topic 3: Planning

Key points Management is often described as "oldest of the arts and youngest of sciences". Industrial revolution had sown the seeds of modern management. Disagreement exists as to the exact number of management schools. The Classical Management School, The Behavioral Management School, The Human Resources Management School and The Management Science School are the four major schools of management thoughts. Activity Try to find out other schools of management in management literature and enlist them with brief note on them. Find out at least two other (excluding the persons mentioned in the content above) prominent advocates of each of the four Schools of management theories and write short paragraphs on their contributions. Web Resources External links Scientific management - article on Wikipedia Henri Fayol (1841-1925) - article on Wikipedia Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) - article on Wikipedia Max Weber (1864-1920) - article on Wikipedia Feedback Please give your comments/suggestions on the lesson here |