Unit-6: Library Management-Basics

Classical Management Theory (1880's-1920's) which is organisation-centred

Scientific management -Frederick W. Taylor (1850-1915)

Taylor and his followers (Carl George Berth, Henry L Gantt, Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, etc.)

Administrative management, (Henry Fayol, C.I. Barnard, Lurwick)

Bureaucratic organisation (Max Weber).

Neoclassical Theory (1920's-1950's) which is person-centered and human oriented and has emphasised the needs, behaviours and attitudes of individuals

Human relations schools (Elton Mayo, F.J. Roethlisberger, W.J Dickson) 

Behavioural schools (Maslow, McGregor, Argyris, Herzberg, Lickert, Lewin).

Modern Management Theory (1950's-) which emphasises the complete

employee view by revisionist researcher (Litchfield) which includes systems

theory, contingency theory, organisational humanism and management science.

Managerial functions

Newman and Summer have identified four functions namely, organising, planning, leading and controlling.

Henri Fayol has recommended five basic functions namely, planning, organising, commanding, coordinating and controlling.

Luther Gulick and L. Urwick have coined an acronym for seven functions namely POSDCORB which stands for Planning, Organising, Staffing, Directing, Coordinating, Reporting and Budgeting.

14 Principles of Management : Fayol

Division of work

Authority

Discipline

Unity of command

Unity of direction

Subordination of individual interest to general interest

Remuneration of personnel

Centralization

Scalar chain

Order

Equity

Stability of tenure of personnel

Initiative

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