Tasks
Task 1
Taylor Today: Scientific Management in the 21st Century - Sean Priestly
Task 5
Douglas McGregor's Theory X and Y
Extra Reading
- Schools of Management Thought - Dr Ray Donnelly - Chapter 2 - "Taylor and Taylorism"
- Schools of Management Thought - Dr Ray Donnelly - Chapter 4 - "The Human Relations Movement"
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Schools of Management Thought - Dr Ray Donnelly - Chapter 8 - "Modern Approaches - Systems Theory and Contingency Theory"
- please see me to access the material listed above
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Amazon workers face 'increased risk of mental illness' (BBC News - 25 November 2013 and Panorama)
- picking items off a shelf under strict time controls... beep beep
- Are there too many Managers? (BBC News - 29 Juy 2013) - mentions Taylor
- The Invention of the Manager (BBC Radio - 29 July 2013)
- Scientific Management (Wiki)
- Applications of Scientific Management (2-page essay)
- Gilbreth - Motion Studies (Wiki)
- Time and Motion Studies (Wiki)
- Watchdog (15 September 2011) - Haven Caravans (THIS LINK IS INACTIVE) - Standardised Cleaning Timings
- An Essay - How influential is Scientific Management in 21st Century?
- The Hawthorne Effect
- Conclusions and Criticisms of the Hawthorne Experiments
- McGregor's Theory - BusinessBalls.com
- Contingency Theory (Wiki)
- An Overview of Management Theory
- Bureaucracy (linked to Weber) (Wiki)
- Pit stop perfection: Formula 1 teams reveal their technology (BBC News - 23 September 2012)
- Teachers and Students suffer from Performance Related Pay (E&W) (Schools Improvement - 8 December 2012)
