Abstract
In today’s world one cannot imagine the existence of business Organization’s with management. The way business is started till the very business ceases to exist, management tasks are performed throughout the process. It is not an easy task to direct a group of individual towards achieving a single goal desired by the organization. To drive the group into single goal motivation is required, and a managers role is to act as a leader and prepare and guide them toward succession of goal however managing an organization is a complicated task as managers has to choose a right way to reach the organizational goal in an effective and efficient manner. And there is no such specific or a single prescribed method that will lead to achievement of goal; managers must be able to determine which procedure works as the best way at certain situation, within a certain group or levels. Managers must therefore have a proper understanding of different management theories which will serve them as a guideline in decision making.
Introduction
The evidence of management system can be seen even at the start of 3000BC (Robbins and Barnwell 2007) where written rules and regulations for governance and various management practices were introduced till 1500AD. Number of different theories started evolving to control the organization and direct towards goal by creating extensive laws and policies which included scientific management and Bureaucracy theory.
Scientific management theory was the first theory in management history to be looked on as a science rather then something that is done by intuition. Fredrick W. Taylor was the most popular classical management theorist also known as “father of scientific management”. He believed that there should be a methodical way to manage a business. He Introduced time and motion studies and sought the most efficient ways to do a specific job.