History of Management

To apply and implement management and leadership roles successfully, it is important to enhance and improve the understanding of previous and present models, philosophies, and developments to apply management roles effectively. However, here are some of the management movements in history:

The classical management movement is one of the old approaches among management experts. This technique appears from 1885 to 1940 to provide a rational and scientific root for the executive of the utility.

The behavioral management movement is an approach to supervision which worries about people thinking, inspiration, and leadership. This kind of approach normally looks at the worker performance, and it surfaced up to late of the 1950s.

The quantitative management movement is an approach relay on using mathematical models and methods to management positions. This approach was used to solve military issues in the 2nd world war by the British using a model to show full flying machineability.

The modern management movement includes process, systems, contingency, and excellence approaches. This approach is continuously growing by mixing different types of philosophies.

In general, management is not only one approach; it is a mixture of several approaches, so managers and leaders shall apply what suit their roles to come up with best practice to enhance the utility productivity.