The Historical Approaches to Management This activity is important because management practices have developed from decades of management practice and theory. Each approach to management developed as the needs and issues confronting managers changed over time. Understanding the evolutionary process helps to clarify how managers operate in the current organizational environment. The historical perspective of management thought is divided into two major sections: classical approaches and contemporary approaches. Many of these approaches to managing people and organizations overlapped as they developed and had significant impact on one another. The goal of this activity is to sequence classical and contemporary management approaches appropriately. Match the description to the corresponding management practice or theory and decade. Organizational behavior:

1960 Systematic management:

1890 Administrative management:

1920 Human relations:

1930 Scientific management:

1900 Modern contributions to current and future revolutions:

1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020 Systems theory:

1970 and 1980 Bureaucracy:

1910 Sociotechnical systems:

1940 Quantitative management:

1950 Match each of the options above to the items below.

Organizational effectiveness is achieved when internal systems and external systems fit.

Statistics, linear programming, simulation, and forecasting are used to gain information to solve problems.

Allowing employee participation and providing challenges results in superior performance.

Each organization is a subsystem interdependent on other subsystems

Leaders such as Jack Welch, Herb Kelleher, and Sam Walton have left their marks.

Standardized techniques are used for performing duties.

Precise approach used for selection, training, teaching, and developing workers.

Specific tasks and assignments are communicated through an established chain of command.

Management is a profession and can be taught.

Psychological and social processes influence employee satisfaction.