Management History

MANAGEMENT

10TH Edition

Robin & Coulter

Chapter 2 Management History

|Objectives | |

|-Describe the historical background of management | |

|-Explain the various theories in the classical approach | |

|-Describe the quantitative approach | |

|-Discuss the development and uses of the behavioral approach | |

|-Explain the various theories in the contemporary approach | |

|Historical Background of Management | |

| Explain why studying management history is important |-Imagine a person with amnesia… |

|-it helps us see the origins of today’s management practices |-Imagine a country without a history… |

|-it helps us see what has and has not worked |Trends, direction |

| |Developments, Lessons |

| Describe some early evidences of management practices |Construction of the pyramids and the |

|-the construction of the Egyptian pyramids |walls of China |

|-the arsenal of...