Modern Management: concepts and skills, 14/e

The Classical Approach

The classical approach to management was the product of the first concentrated effort to develop a body of management thought. In fact, the management writers who participated in this effort are considered the pioneers of management study. The classical approach recommends that managers continually strive to increase organizational efficiency to increase production. Although the fundamentals of this approach were developed some time ago, contemporary managers are just as concerned as their predecessors were with finding the “one best way” to get the job done. As an illustration of this continuing concern, notable management theorists see striking similarities between the concepts of scientific management developed many ...