on What should the HS Case Study 3: Very Brief History of Management Theories Views on management have changed substantially over the past century particularly in the past few decades. Some of the major theories follow. Scientific Management Theory At the tum of the 20th century, the most notable businesses were large manufacturing organi zations that involved ongoing, routine tasks and manufacturing processes that yielded a varie of products. The United States highly prized scientific and technical matters, including care measurement and specification of activities and results . Management tended to be the sun Frederick Winslow Taylor developed the scientific management theory, which espoused this careful specification and measurement of all organizational tasks. Tasks were standardized a much as possible . Workers were rewarded and punished. This approach appeared to work well for organizations with assembly lines and other mechanistic, routinized activities. Bureaucratic Management Theory Throughout the middle third of the 20th century, Max Weber embellished the scientific mus agement theory with his bureaucratic theory, Weber focused on dividing organizations into hier. archies and establishing strong lines of authority and control. He suggested that organization develop comprehensive and detailed standard operating procedures for all routinized tasks Human Relations Movement Throughout the last third of the 20th and into the 21st century, unions and government regula tors reacted to the rather dehumanizing effects of these earlier theories. More attention was given to individuals and their unique capabilities in organizations. Management alleged that organizations would prosper if their workers prospered as well. Human resource department were added to organizations. The behavioral sciences played a strong role in helping to under- stand the needs of workers and how the needs of the organization and its workers could be bet ter aligned. Various new theories were spawned, many based on the behavioral sciences. QUESTIONS 1. Which of these approaches to managing would you prefer to practice? Why? 2. Why was cach approach popular in its day? 3. Does the human relations approach fit well with contemporary HSOs/HSs