Human Relations Approach in Management: Importance and Applications

Introduction to
Management

Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
Application of Human relations approaches...............................................................................4
Influence of Human relation on the Management.......................................................................5
Human relation approach and its relation with the sustainability management and other aspects
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Human relation approach and New Normal business environment.............................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

Introduction
This study is on Human Relations Approach that is being used in organization. In the
study, different aspects of the human relation approach has been analysed. That shows that the
communication, socialization, team work and good relation between the employees are important
for the management and the company's performance.
Management plays an important role in running the organization. It is a major aspect of
successful organization. Managing any organization means that the tasks are being completed on
time and the organization is meeting their goals. The management is a set of activities that is
targeted to achieve the goals of the organization.
Human relations approaches mainly focus on the needs of the employees also their
behaviours. An approach refers to a way of dealing with the issue and problems in the
organization. There are several human relations approaches that had been emerged after 1920.
Frederick Weber and Fayol gave theories that were focused on the management more than the
human relations within the organization.
Frederick Winslow Taylor is known a father of scientific management. He used science
to find the most efficient and effective manner to complete the task. It does not focuses on the
employee's task. In the application of this theory, it only focuses on the task only. It has become
popular in the starting of 20th century. The basic need of the today's business is productivity. So it
can be a great addition to achieve the highest level of excellence.
Max Weber is inventor of Sociology. He gave a theory in 1947. He had reinforced the
principle of ideal bureaucracy. This theory provides rules for the decisions of management. The
characteristics identified by Weber are specialization of task, a well defined management
structure, formal rules, achievement based advancements and clearly defined tasks.
Henry Fayol gave 14 principles of management. This explains the responsibility of the
managers. It focus on the administrative aspects (Ishii and Kawahata, 2020). These principles
includes team work and focuses on the need of plans, commanding and coordinating in the
organization.
Barnad and Follett gave theories that were alongside of the human relations: