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"There are many approaches to management that have evolved over time. Trace this evolutionary pattern and appraise the reasons why successive approaches were developed."
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"There are many approaches to management that have evolved over time. Trace this evolutionary pattern and appraise the reasons why successive approaches were developed." In order to answer this essay question thoroughly, the author intends to view the different theories via a chronological approach. Beginning in the early 19th century up until the late 20th century, the most prominent theories of those times will be examined. They will be centred around the four main schools of managerial thinking, classical, human relations, systems and contingency. There are a number of management theories that have emerged and evolved over the years. The importance of management theories didn't materialise until the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. The growth of large organisations with high concentrations of people and resources in one area created a need for co-ordination and organisation which highlighted the need for management. One of the earliest recognised...
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