Organizational Communication: Classic Approach

Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION: CLASSIC APPROACH
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION: CLASSIC APPROACH
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ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION CLASSIC APPROACH
The study essentially focuses on the classic organizational approach as exemplified as a
fast food restaurant. The classic theories of organizational management deal mainly with
systematic management of organizational production processes. The application of the same at
service oriented places like restaurants can help towards increasing productivity.
A fast food restaurant was observed carefully and certain essential implications of the
management systems were found. In the restaurant the customers had to wait in long queues in
order to have their order served. Moreover, a large number of customers were being served by
only a few attendants. The result after some time was that a large number of customers left the
restaurant without ordering anything and causing loss to productivity. According to the theory
proposed by Fayol (1949) the management of work at any productive place can be effectively
done through the help of four essential elements. The first element being planning that can help
to form a thorough framework of how things can be done. The second element is organizing
human resources, the third is commanding the resources in order to gain effective outcomes. The
last important part is coordination that focuses on combining the various elemental functions of
the organization are combined in harmony towards ensuring optimal performances. This could
be used by the fast food restaurant to increase their productivity (Miller, 2015).
The theory of bureaucracy proposed by Max Weber (1947) proposes the various aspects
that have to be incorporated within an ideal organization. The aspects are dominated by
hierarchical organization, labor division and centralization of management. As the case being
considered is of the fast food restaurant it is much important to understand that the management
have to take into consideration maintaining a strong hierarchy that can support both the labor
division and management of the centralization of the organization. Organizations today serve a
much larger population than they have done historically (Rahim, 2017). Since, the industrial