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Engineering Management
Historical Developments in Management
April 1, 1998
Today’s Topics
Rise of Salaried Management in U.S.
Management Classics
Current Trends Facing Management
Prior to 1850
using century old business methods, traditional, small, owner-managed enterprises had little difficulty in carrying out production and distribution
the daily output could be easily supervised by the owners assisted by one or two managers
Expansion of US economy in early 19th Century: created wide geographical area of
business activity no increase in size of firm specialization in single line of goods
cotton, grain, hardware, dry goods
What Changed?
In Production...
Technological changes enabled increase in output, mass production (faster and regular)
Did not create multi-unit business enterprises
What did?
The Search for Increasing Profits
New mass producers become modern enterprises when they integrated forward
and backward (prior to WWI)
sought business growth through diversification (after WWI)
Creating demand for more salaried mangers
Management as a Profession
business administration courses
professional associations
professional journals
Management Paradigms
1830 1930 1950 1990
Scientific Management Classics
1911 Principles of Scientific
Management
1912 Motion Study
1912 The Psychology of
Management
Human Relations Classics
1927 Hawthorne Works Experiments
1957 The Human Side of the
Enterprise
Sociotechnical Classics
1951 Social and Psychological Consequences of Longwall Coal Mining
1971 The Principles of Sociotechnical Desgin
Trends Facing Management
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Trends
10. Domestic vs. global economy
Trends
Managing the tension between personal and professional roles
Trends
8. Strategic Planning
Trends
7. Process improvement through TQ and reengineering
Trends
6. Performance Measurement
Benchmarking
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Trends
5. Designing and Managing Teams
Trends
4. Leveraging Diversity
Trends
3. Life Long Learning
Trends
2. Information Technology Explosion
Trends
1. Restructuring
The End