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Scientific Management: Essence, Significance and Limitations

After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Essence of Scientific Management 2. Significance of Scientific Management 3. Limitations. Essence of Scientific Management: Taylor advocated that principles of scientific management could succeed only if there was 'complete mental revolution'. Rather than management and workers having conflict with each other over sharing of organisational profits, mental revolution aimed at fusion [...]

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Management Science and Scientific Management: Comparison

After reading this article you will learn about the comparison between management science and scientific management. Difference between Management Science and Scientific Management: Management Science: 1. It focuses on overall decision-making process. Technical efficiency or technology is a means rather than an end to arrive at optimum decisions. 2. It emphasises on mathematical models for planning and control. The impact [...]

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Classification of Hawthorne Studies: 3 Categories

Elton Mayo conducted a series of experiments at the Hawthorne plant of the Western Electric Company between 1927 and 1932 (known as Hawthorne Studies) to study the impact of human factors on productivity. The Hawthorne Studies are divided into three groups: 1. Test Room Studies: 2. Interviewing Studies 3. Observation Studies. 1. Test Room Studies: These studies were conducted by [...]

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