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Frederick Taylor

1856-1915

Scientific management: standardization, wage incentive, specialization, and proper planning of work are principles that boot production.

Values like humanity must not be ignored.

Henri Fayol

1841-1925

Principles of Administrative Management: management has six paramount functions: to forecast, plan, organize, command, coordinate and control. Fayol developed 14 principles of administration that outline how managers should organize and interact with employees.

Innovation and creativity threatened.

Max Weber (1864-1920)

Bureaucratic Management: an ideal bureaucratic system includes a clear division of labor, a hierarchical chain of command, separation between the personal and organizational assets of the owner, meticulous record keeping and documentation, strict and consistent regulations and rules, and the selection and promotion of employees based on qualifications and not personal relationships or personalities.

Threat to individual freedom.