HISTORY OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
,Introduction
• Beginning in the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution was the driv
force for the development of large factories employing many worke
• Managers at that time were concerned “about how to design
manage work in order to increase productivity and h
organizations attain maximum efficiency”
, Scientific management
• Fredrick Taylor’s (1911) devised a system called scientific management
“Taylorism,” as it is now labeled.
• Taylor believed that efficiency was achieved by creating jobs that econom
time, human energy, and other productive resources.
• Through his time-and-motion studies, Taylor scientifically divided manufactu
processes into small efficient units of work. Through Taylor’s work, producti
greatly increased. Taylor also attempted to address a human relations aspect in
workplace.
• Time studies – studies were characterized by the use of stop watch to tim
worker’s sequence of motions, with the goal of determining the one best wa
perform a job.
,Introduction
• Beginning in the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution was the driv
force for the development of large factories employing many worke
• Managers at that time were concerned “about how to design
manage work in order to increase productivity and h
organizations attain maximum efficiency”
, Scientific management
• Fredrick Taylor’s (1911) devised a system called scientific management
“Taylorism,” as it is now labeled.
• Taylor believed that efficiency was achieved by creating jobs that econom
time, human energy, and other productive resources.
• Through his time-and-motion studies, Taylor scientifically divided manufactu
processes into small efficient units of work. Through Taylor’s work, producti
greatly increased. Taylor also attempted to address a human relations aspect in
workplace.
• Time studies – studies were characterized by the use of stop watch to tim
worker’s sequence of motions, with the goal of determining the one best wa
perform a job.
