Taylor's Scientific Management Principles

Work division or specialization, Authority, Discipline, Unity of command, Unity of direction, Subordination of individual interest to generate interest, Remuneration/pay, Hierarchical identification of job positions, Centralization, Scalar chain of authority, Detailed rules and regulations, Maintenance of order, Equity/fairness, Stability/security of tenure of workers, Employee initiative, Promotion of team spirit or esprit de corps

Division of labor, Hierarchical identification of job positions, Centralization, Scalar chain of authority, Detailed rules and regulations, Maintenance of order, Impersonal connections with one another, Equity/fairness, Stability/security of tenure of workers, Employee initiative, Promotion of team spirit or esprit de corps

The study of the conduct, demeanor, or action of people at work

Robert Owen, Mary Parker Follett, Hugo Munsterberg, Chester Barnard

Leading, team building, resolving conflict, and others

Weber's bureaucratic organizational form includes division of labor, hierarchical identification of job positions, centralization, scalar chain of authority, detailed rules and regulations, maintenance of order, impersonal connections with one another, equity/fairness, stability/security of tenure of workers, employee initiative, and promotion of team spirit or esprit de corps.

1. Develop a science for each element of an individual’s work to replace the old rule of thumb method; 2. Scientifically select and then train, teach, and develop the workers; 3. Heartily cooperate with the workers so as to ensure that all work is done in accordance with the principles of the science that has been developed; 4. Divide work and responsibility almost equally between management and workers.

Henry Fayol and Max Weber

Fayol's 19th century writings were concerned with managerial activities based on his experience as a managing director in a big coal mining company.

Taylor advocates developing a science for each element of work, scientifically selecting and training workers, cooperating with workers, and dividing work responsibilities between management and workers.

Taylor's principles focus on scientific methods of work and cooperation, while the General Administrative Theory concentrates on the manager's functions and good management practices.

Max Weber is a personality commonly associated with the General Administrative Theory, which emphasizes management functions and good management practices.

To find ways to reduce the time a worker spent to accomplish a task.

There should be a system of rules, standard operating procedures, and norms for the employees to know how they should behave in the workplace.

It concerns on how the manager deals with his subordinates for them to be motivated to do their job.

To motivate subordinates to do their job.

It delegates tasks to the employees to get the work done.

It is concerned with how the manager deals with his subordinates for them to be motivated to do their job.