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Scientific Management
Scientific Management has influenced how most businesses run today. In almost every business at every level of management, you will find some form of Scientific Management. This is because Scientific Management has found a way to increase productivity among employees, therefore leading to better results out of the work the employees are doing. -
Decentralization
Decentralization allows everyone to have, for the most part, an equal amount of work. This allows the employees to have freedom and not be too overwhelmed with their job. This has changed management as it prevents employees from working too much due to the fact that all of the workload has been put on them. -
Hawthorne Studies of Productivity
In 1924, researchers went through and tried multiple different scenarios to see how productivity changed from employees. After a lot of trials, the final result was that the real thing that changed productivity was the attention given to the employees. Employers were curious to see whether or not employees' conditions changed results. -
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
The Hierarchy of Needs is relevant to management because both are concerned with human needs and human motivation. Understanding what people's needs are and how they differ is an important and effective part of management. -
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Total quality management is a type of management where every employee is committed to improving their quality of work to keep the standards of the business high. It's good for a manager to enforce this because it keeps the businesses excelling. -
Modern Management Theory
Modern Management Theory understands that workers are complex and have many reasons for wanting to succeed in their job. This level of understanding allows employees to reach their full potential and be maximally productive. -
Theory X and Theory Y
Theory X and Y are ideas of how to motivate employees. Both of these theories, which are almost exact opposites, have an impact on management today as many managers use these theories to motivate their employees to do their best work. -
Japanese Management
Japanese Management- Japanese Management is a series of techniques used by Japanese managers to get the most out of their employees. These techniques have impacted business management as they have shown to increase the quality of decision making, planning, productivity, and management training. -
Visionary Leadership
Communicating with employees to have a vision for goals. It impacted management by ensuring everyone works towards a goal for the business.