by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Delegation of Authority?The delegation of authority is the process whereby a manager assigns to her direct reports the authority and accountability for the completion of work. Though the manager retains a level of authority and accountability. What is the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
Approaches to Management TheoryIn this article, we introduce the various historical and contemporary approaches to management theory. These approaches demonstrate the evolution of the understanding of the functions, role, skills, and effect of a manager on an...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Scientific Management?The scientific theory of management is the study of management that focuses on individual efficiency and productivity. Who Created Scientific Management Theory? The father of this theory is Fredrick Winslow Taylor (1890-1940), from his...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is Administrative Management Theory?Administrative Management Theory focuses on how management and workers are organized within a business to allow for the completion of task. It posits that the effective organization of management would ultimately have an effect...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What is the Bureaucracy Theory of Management?Bureaucracy theory looks at the organizational structure and environment for methods of increasing productivity. Who Developed Bureaucracy Theory? The Bureaucracy Theory of management is attributed to management theorist...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Management, Leadership, & Organizational Behavior
What are the Roles of Managers?Taylor laid the groundwork for understanding the general functions of the manager. Henry Mintzberg, in his text The Nature of Managerial Work (1973), built upon the P-O-L-C model by identifying the primary roles played by a...
