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  • Essay / Classical Management vs. Human Relations - 613

    In the early 1900s, some of the first ideas were brought together to enable an organization to thrive in the coming modern era. Early theories were known as scientific and classical management, and focused on three distinct theories from Frederick Taylor, Henri Fayol, and Max Weber. All three theories have a similar ideology in that the organization is run by managerial authority, the only source of employee motivation is money, and organizations are like a machine with employees as the parts of the machine. (Papa, Daniels and Spiker, 2008). In the Prophecy Fulfilled case study, Mary Ann (lead auditor) assumes a management role with subordinates similar to that of Weber's bureaucratic theory (Daniels 1987, pp. 77-78). Mary Ann was assigned two accountants to work under her supervision. for a new client. With the work schedule being short, Mary Ann decided to take an efficient approach in managing her subordinates. Without consulting her subordinates' opinions on the job duties, Mary Ann decided the fate of her subordinates based on the performance evaluation....