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221 BCE
Centralization
This idea was first introduced in the Qin Dynasty of China. The idea was a organization or industrialization was to be lead by one or a couple people. No one had much control other than the leaders. -
1485
The word Management came into the English language
The word Management was put into the English language, it was created in Xenophon's famous book "Oeconomicus". -
Decentralization
The transfer of authority from a central government to a sub-national entity. This can be political, administrative, fiscal, or economic. It is important because it demands more power and freedom from lower level people. -
Frederick Taylor's principles of scientific management
This is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes work flows, it main objective is to improve economic efficiency. -
Industrial Revolution
The emergence of British power would spawn the third advancement in management. As it grew, so did opportunities to trade. This help build many international corporations, then lead to the need of management of these corproations. -
Adam Smith's Idea
Division and division of labor were Smith's contributions to management. This was the first spark of the idea of management. -
Lewin's research
Research efforts founds that learning within an organization has the best chance of occuring when there is conflict between experience and analysis. -
Hawthorne experiments
These experiments concluded that human factors were more critical to motivating employees to greater level of productivity. -
Theory X and Theory Y
Douglass McGregor made his now well known "Theory X" and "Theory Y", these drew a distinction between the human motivation at work. -
Meetings
The Meetings industry is starting to sky rocket, more and more businesses are using meeting because it is proven that workers are more motivated and more productive.