Contemporary Approaches to Management

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Contemporary Approaches to Management Irene Shavers Briscoe AB140-11 February 10, 2014 Denise Warych Contemporary Approaches to Management The purpose of this paper is to explain the difference between the contemporary approaches to management and to state which management approach is more important. The four contemporary Approaches includes; sociotechnical systems theory, quantitative management, organizational behavior, and systems theory. According to information found in chapter 2 of Introduction to Management, Bateman and Snell suggest that “sociotechnical systems theory suggests that organizations are effective when their employees (the social system) have the right tools, training, and knowledge (the technical system) to make products and services that are valued by customers.” The quantitative management, on the other hand, uses mathematical formulas as a determination of how to solve a problem. According to information published in Bateman and Snell “Computers facilitated the development of specific quantitative methods. These include such techniques as statistical decision theory, linear programming, queuing theory, simulation, forecasting, inventory modeling, network modeling, and breakeven analysis.” Using the quantitative management approach manager can’t use assumptions and unlike the sociotechnical systems theory the quantitative management does not include employee involvement. The organizations The organizational behavior approach deals more with employee behavior. Using the organizational behavior approach many companies found that employees would act in the manner their manager assumed. Pertaining to organizational behavior, Bateman and Snell states that “studies and identifies management activities that promote employee effectiveness through an understanding of complex nature of individual, group, and organizational processes.”
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