F.W.Taylor

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915)

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           Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

·        Nationality: American

·        Occupation: Mechanical engineer, Efficiency expert, Management consultant

·        Religious belief: Quaker & Puritan

·        Known for: father of scientific management, father of industrial engineering,

·        Contribution in management:

ü  Published ‘Principles of Scientific Management’ in 1911

ü  Famous experiment was ‘Time Study’

ü  Established the theory of scientific management:-

§  Using scientific methods to define the “one best   way”  for a job to be done

§  Putting the right person on the job with the correct tools and equipment.

§  Having a standardized method of doing the job.

§  Providing an economic incentive to the worker.

ü  Developed 4 principles of scientific management:-

§  Replace rule-of-thumb work methods with scientifically studied

§  Scientifically select, train and develop each worker

§  Cooperate with the workers

§  Divide work equally between managers and workers

Do you know, who is?

Father of Scientific Management	Frederick Winslow Taylor
Father of Administrative Management	Henry Fayol
Father of Bureaucratic Management	Max Weber/ Karl Emil Maximilian
Father of Human Relations approach	George Elton Mayo
Mother of Modern management	Mary Parker Follett
Mother of Scientific management	Mary Parker Follett
Mother of Conflict resolution	Mary Parker Follett
Father of Organizational Development	Kurt Lewin
Father of Modern management	Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Father of ‘Systems Theory’	Ludwig von Bertalanffy
Father of Motion Study	Frank Gilbreth
Father of Ergonomics	Frank Gilbreth
Father of Industrial Psychology	Hugo Munsterberg
Father of Modern Management Theory	Henry Fayol
Father of Quality Management	Edward Deming
Father of Computer	Charles Babbage
Father of OB	Robert Owen
Mather of OB	Mary Parker Follett
Father of Marketing	Phillip Kotler
Father of Human Resource Management	George Elton Mayo
Father of Accounting	Luca Pacioli
Father of Business Management	Ben Franklin
Father of Modern Business Management	Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Father of Mathematics	Archimedes
Father of Economics	Adam Smith
Father of Statistics	Ronald Aylmer Fisher
Father of Finance	Dr. Eugene Fama
Father of Banking	Henry Thompton

Various Organizational Structure

Team structure: A structure in which the entire organization is made up of work groups or teams.

Advantages: Employees are more involved and empowered. Reduced barriers among functional areas. Disadvantages: No clear chain of command. Pressure on teams to perform

Matrix structure: An organizational structure that assigns specialists from different functional departments to work on one or more projects.

Advantages: Fluid and flexible design that can respond to environmental changes. Faster decision making. Disadvantages: Complexity of assigning people to projects. Task and personality conflicts. 

Boundryless structure: A structure that is not defined by or limited to artificial horizontal, vertical, or external boundaries.

Advantages: Highly flexible and responsive. Utilizes talent wherever it’s found. Disadvantages: Lack of control. Communication difficulties.

Learning structure: A structure in which employees continually acquire and share new knowledge and apply that knowledge.

Advantages: Sharing of knowledge throughout organization. Sustainable source of competitive advantage. Disadvantages: Reluctance on part of employees to share knowledge for fear of losing their power. Large numbers of experienced employees on the verge of retiring