Evolution of the Management School of Thought
Introduction
The current management theory and practices did not pop out of thin air, they evolved over many years. The evolution of management thought is not clearly understood, but many tried to defined management in different ways starting from the early days. Even before the term management came to be realized it concepts was applicable in most part of the world; in the ancient world the ideas or concepts of sound organizational structure, the concepts management is group activity and other concepts were already in use before the foundation of management as field.
In this paper we will try to see about history of management, the two main schools of thoughts and their interrelation with one another and the development of modern management theories, people who lead for the foundation of these ideas, what is the main difference between these ideas and how they were developed. We will also try to demonstrate how they have evolved to reflect the changing needs of organizations and society as a whole. The above points will be discussed below in the paper.
Purpose of the Study * To clearly understand the evolution of management thoughts. * To know what were the thoughts. * To know the difference between these management thoughts. * To know the people who contributed the most to this thoughts. * To have a better understanding what the field management. * To know the early thinking’s about management. * To know why study management theories. * To know the different school of thoughts. * To know the position that management has in our contemporary world.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This assignment was prepared by the group members in the first page. Prior to the caring of the assignment there was division of labor among members and it is fair to say that every group members has played the role which was assigned to it.
We also like to thank the Liberians, for helping us in finding the right documents for this assignment.
1. The evolution of
The current management theory and practices did not pop out of thin air, they evolved over many years. The evolution of management thought is not clearly understood, but many tried to defined management in different ways starting from the early days. Even before the term management came to be realized it concepts was applicable in most part of the world; in the ancient world the ideas or concepts of sound organizational structure, the concepts management is group activity and other concepts were already in use before the foundation of management as field.
In this paper we will try to see about history of management, the two main schools of thoughts and their interrelation with one another and the development of modern management theories, people who lead for the foundation of these ideas, what is the main difference between these ideas and how they were developed. We will also try to demonstrate how they have evolved to reflect the changing needs of organizations and society as a whole. The above points will be discussed below in the paper.
Purpose of the Study * To clearly understand the evolution of management thoughts. * To know what were the thoughts. * To know the difference between these management thoughts. * To know the people who contributed the most to this thoughts. * To have a better understanding what the field management. * To know the early thinking’s about management. * To know why study management theories. * To know the different school of thoughts. * To know the position that management has in our contemporary world.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This assignment was prepared by the group members in the first page. Prior to the caring of the assignment there was division of labor among members and it is fair to say that every group members has played the role which was assigned to it.
We also like to thank the Liberians, for helping us in finding the right documents for this assignment.
1. The evolution of