Business class timeline

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    The Industrial Revolutions that are relevant

    Second Industrial Revolution: Gas in 1870.
    Third Industrial Revolution: Electronics and Nuclear in 1969.
    Fourth Industrial Revolution: Internet and Renewable Energy in 2000.
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    Other notable events that helped develop these theories

    • Cold War -First modernized school
    • Population increase (baby boomers)
    • The US dollars rise to prominence and global banking revolutionized as a whole
    • Civil rights movements
  • Bureaucratic Organization

    Created by Max Weber in the early 1900s
  • Follett’s Organizations as Communities

    Popularized by Mary Parker Follet
  • scientific management

    first theorized by Frederick W. Taylor
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    WW1

    WW1 revolutionized the world in every aspect of life. We had never experienced global warfare to this scale and it completely changed the course of history.
  • Administrative principles

    Popularized by Henri Fayol
  • Hawthorne Studies

    Created by Elton Mayo
  • Quality Management

    Created by Edward Demmings
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    WW2

    The most brutal and revolutionary war to ever occur. With things like mass genocide, invasions, nuclear bombs, and a need for enhanced production and evolution in many work fields, the second world war made huge impacts on the world.
  • Maslow’s Theory of Human Needs

    First theorized by Abraham Maslow
  • Knowledge Management & Organizational Learning

    Popularized by Peter Drucker in the 60's
  • McGregor’s Theory X / Theory Y plus Argyris’s Theory of Adult Personality

    First theorized by Douglas McGregor and Chris Argyris
  • Organizations as Systems & Contingency Thinking

    First popularized by Chester Barnard in the mid 60's
  • Quantitative Analysis & Tools

    Created by Joseph Juran in the 1970's
  • Evidence Based Management

    Was popularized by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth in the 1990's
  • 21st Century Leadership

    Created by John Gardner