Research Paper on:
Various Models of Management

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THREE SCHOOLS OF MANAGEMENT: SCIENTIFIC, BEHAVIORAL, CONTEMPORARY For The PaperStore, June 2001 properly! Contemporary schools of  management thought have their foundations in giants like Taylor and McGregor. Their impact on the theory and practice of management can be seen in those that followed. For example, the  principles of McGregors Theory Y can be clearly seen in the participative management and consensus decision making practices that came later. Taylors scientific models are evident in Druckers work. In  turn, Peters and Watermans recommendations for creating excellent companies include the practices of Deming. Management theories are derived from sociological, psychological and scientific principles. This essay explores three specific schools  of management thought: scientific, behavioral and contemporary. Taylor then became one of the first management consultants in the world. He offered the scientific model of management. Taylor believed that the  in order to increase production, it was imperative to study the process of each job in the factory. This required careful observation of workers, analyzing each and every step they  did in terms of energy expanded and time spent on each little component. The results would then be used to decide the best method for each task. Every worker must  be observed with the result being a standard method that the worker would then be required to follow (Foner and Garraty, 1991). To complete the analysis, the engineer broke down  each task into its smallest units, observed the worker and analyzed each job based on these two actions. The worker was then taught to do only those motions that were  essential to the task. Taylor wanted to make a science for each element of work and restrict the behavioral alternatives that each worker faced. He looked at the social environment,