Compare and Contrast Scientific Management and Human Relations Movement

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“Compare and contrast the contributions of scientific management
and the human relations movement to modern management theory
and practice”
Management is related to a concept of "getting the things done by people". It can be said
that management does not focus on any fixed definition but there are many authorities who have
different views on it.
There are various theories related to management. Classical theory related to scientific
management of Taylor, Management related to administrative is of Fayol, Weber focuses on
bureaucratic organization. The neoclassical theory focuses on the human relation movements and
behavioral schools are related to Maslow, Herzberg and also McGregor.
Therefore, the paper focuses on bringing out the differences and similarities between the
theories of the scientific school of management and also the human relation movement. The
comparison and contrast will be made by considering the workers and also on managing the
employees in the workplace (Armstrong and Taylor, 2014).
Frederick Winslow Taylor was an engineer and he is the person who has given focus on
the concept of Industrial efficiency. Taylor was known as the father of scientific management
and is considered as one of the good consultants in the field of management. He introduced the
system which is related to "Time and Motion study" and also "Piece rate".
Elton Mayo was the direction of the industrial research department and he was the father
of human relation movements. He involved in the famous studies related to Hawthorne which
focuses on the management thought and also the human relation movements (Dubin, 2017).
Taylor stated that the working practice of his day is considered as a barrier to the overall
enhancement of the output. The concept of "Rule of thumb" is related with the method of
quantifying the activities, failure of management in directing the employees to conduct the
activities with dedication (Varela, Thompson and Rosch, 2017).
It has been analyzed that the principle of management is related to secure the maximum
prosperity for the employers and also it has a link with the prosperity of every worker.
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So, he introduced various principles related to management which can help the employer
and the workers to achieve maximum productivity and also propensity. There are many
principles. The first principle is related to the job of the employees which should be broken down
into pieces and the procedure of conducting the activities should be determined after scientific
investigation. The second principle is related to the scientific selection of the employees and also
with the training and development of the employees (Witzel, 2016). The last principle states that
there should be proper division of work. It is the responsibility of the managers to manage the
designing and also they give direction in the activities so that the employees can conduct the
activities in a proper manner and according to the instruction which is given to them. This
concept also focuses on maintaining the friendly coordination between the management and the
employees (Young, 2016).
It has been evaluated that the human relation school of management was developed as an
outcome of searching the experiments related to Hawthorne. By considering this experiment it is
stated by Mayo that "the situation took place and six people became a team and team gave and
maintained cooperation in the experiment". The employees feel happy in conducting the
activities if they have proper knowledge towards the activities which are assigned to them
(Waring, 2016).
Mayo stated that to accomplish goals it is important for the company to understand the
emotions and also evaluate the satisfaction level in terms of non-monetary requirement of the
employees (Bratton and Gold, 2017).
The human relation states that the employees are motivated by taking into consideration
social needs and also good on the job relations and also they give good response in context to the
work pressure if the activities. The company also focuses on cooperative social systems. It has
also been seen that psychological needs should be the main motive of the management. The
informal group also gives impact on the overall productivity. It has been seen that the main
concern it is related to the satisfaction which can be achieved with the help of monetary benefits.
It has been seen that competent employees can be found who do not spend a considerable
time to analyze the work and also focuses on convincing the employees to give their best. Taylor
focuses on the sole motivator for the employees to conduct the activities is related to the
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