20 People Who Significantly Influenced the Development of Management

The development of management is closely linked to the development of the economy and enterprises in the past, which is why she first presented important events by century in their history. Management appears early in the history of society. Among the pioneers of management studies is Frederick Winslow Taylor, who in the early 20th century, with his book The Principles of Scientific Management, laid the foundations for the so-called classical school of management. The table shows that many created and worked at the same time, some in different parts of the world. With the ** development of industry, they realised that larger enterprises could not be managed in the same way as the management of smaller enterprises had functioned. Therefore, many people (managers) began to develop theories with which they sought solutions and ways for ** progress in managing such enterprises.

Problem

The development of management is closely linked to the development of the economy and enterprises in the past, which is why she first presented important events by century in their history. Management appears early in the history of society. Among the pioneers of management studies is Frederick Winslow Taylor, who in the early 20th century, with his book The Principles of Scientific Management, laid the foundations for the so-called classical school of management. Classical schools sought the ** ideal organisation, whilst, for example, the so-called situational school believes that the ** organisation depends on the situation (technology, size, goal, employees, etc.) and must adapt to it.

The core of the diploma thesis is the presentation of 20 people who decisively influenced management and its theory and also show a chronological overview of the development of both. Some theories build upon and complement each other, others are critical, and entirely new directions in management theory also emerge. At the end, she presented a summary of all 20 people in chronological order by year of birth using a table.

Solution and Method

The table shows that many created and worked at the same time, some in different parts of the world. We can conclude that even in the 21st century there is no unified theory of management, nor are there unified instructions that managers could follow to be successful in their work. Especially today in the global market, when they witness extremely rapid and unpredictable changes in the environment, enterprises must constantly seek ways to improve efficiency and business performance. Peter Drucker, one of the 'management gurus' of the 20th century, once said: Management is the main resource of developed countries and the most needed resource of undeveloped ones. The science of management is ancient.

In ancient civilisations, people began to connect and organise.

Results

With the development of industry, they realised that larger enterprises could not be managed in the same way as the management of smaller enterprises had functioned. Therefore, many people (managers) began to develop theories with which they sought solutions and ways for ** progress in managing** such enterprises. Taylor attempted to organise the conditions of the time using a scientific approach.

People quickly emerged who advocated the importance of interpersonal relationships and their management. Managers began with a softer approach (involving workers in decision-making, etc.). Various managers developed theories that complement, build upon, and connect with each other.

Therefore, it is also difficult today to speak of a unified theory of management. In the book Management Challenges for the 21st Century, Peter Drucker provides some starting points. We live in a period of turbulent transformations, where changes have become the rule.

One of the main challenges of management in the 21st century is to transform organisations into agents of change. Agents of change see opportunities in them, discover useful changes, and make them effective. The most important contribution that management must make in the 21st century is to ** increase the productivity of knowledge work and the knowledge worker**. The most important asset in 21st-century institutions, both business and non-business, will be knowledge workers and their productivity.

The focus of modern society, the economy, or the organisation is neither technology nor information nor productivity. This focus is the managed institution, as an organ of society, whose purpose is to achieve results. The essence of management's existence is that the institution achieves results. Management must take planned results as its starting point, then organise the resources available to the institution, and thereby achieve the planned results.