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Robert Owen-(1800)
Young Factory Owner-First to emphasize the human needs of employees and
refused to employ children
Taught workers to improve working conditions
Father of personnel management
Andrew Ure-(1935)
The Philosophy of Manufacturers -1835
Value of human factor in manufacturing
Provided welfare facilities to workers
J.N. TATA in 1886 Instituted a pension fund & 1895 began to
pay accident compensation.
William Gilbreth-(1914)
“The Psychology of Management
F.W.Taylor-(1916)
Father of Scientific Management
Time & Motion Study
Piece Rate Method
The major contributors were Fredric Taylor, Henry Fayol, Max Weber, Mary Parker Follett
and Chester Barnard.
I.Classical approach to management further includes:
a) Scientific management theory: F.W.Taylor-Father of Scientific Management
b) Administrative theory: Henry Fayol- Father of Modern Management (16 Prin.)
c) Bureaucratic model of organization: Max Weber
Elton Mayo, Mary Parker Follet and Douglas McGregor were the main contributors of this
movement.
II.Behavioural Approach or Neo Classical Approach
a) Human Relations Movement
1) Hawthorne Studies
a) Illumination Experiment (1924-1927)
b) Relay assembly test room experiments (1927-1928)
c) Mass interviewing programme (1928-1930)
d) Bank wiring observation room experiments (1931-1932):