Classical Organizational Theory deals with the “systematic processes necessary to make bureaucracy more efficient and effective.” Name three scholars that are credited with the development of classical organization thought that most correctly fit into this definition of Classical Organizational Theory. What were the basic arguments articulated by each in their contributions to the development of Classical Organizational Theory?

Classical organizational theory evolved during the first half of this century. Formal organizational study spans the fields of business administration, economics, political science, statistics, sociology, psychology, and public administration. It represents the merger of scientific management, bureaucratic theory, and administrative theory.Organization theory prescribes how work and workers ought to be organized and attempts to explain the actual consequences of organizational behavior( including an individual's actions) on worked being performed and on the organization itself.
Frederick Taylor developed scientific management theory in the early 1900s.Taylor’s theory was designed to assist private sector managers in adapting production practices to the needs of an emerging industrial economy during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Taylor’s theory focused more on the private industry and listed specific steps and procedures for implementation. Weber’s model unlike Taylor’s did not specify actual guidelines for operation.Taylor’s theory rests on four underlying values, efficiency in production, rationality in work procedures, productivity, and profit. Taylor perceived profit as the ultimate objective of everyone within the organization. Taylor viewed organizational authority as highly centralized at the top management levels and separate at the bottom of the hierarchy. Taylor also assumed the hierarchy of mid level managers that top