Management at Work (Ge)

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1. Does the pattern of management developments at GE over the last century seem to reflect the pattern suggested by management theory? Explain your answer. The management theory suggests that there is an organized framework which set forth general rules on how to manage a business or an organization to achieve common goals. I believe that the management developments at GE successfully reflect management theory because we can see that the company has an obvious framework to develop its products and management techniques, which guides them toward their goals. Firstly, it implemented and developed of R & D sector, through which we can see that GE focuses on the growth of the organization as a whole, by trying to be the leader in developing new products. Secondly, the management theory also reflects in GE’s pension plan, profit sharing and training employees. Such strategies are used to increase workforce motivation, thus help increasing worker productivity. For all the decisions and plans, GE shows its commitment to management science, by using mathematical and analytical modeling. 2. Which of GE’s management innovations seem to draw on a classical-management perspective? Which seem to draw on a behavioral-management perspective? How does the contingency perspective explain the management changes that GE has made over the years? The use of scientific management is one example of GE’s using classical-management perspective. The implementation of pension plan and profit sharing (with a union involved in the company) demonstrates behavioral-management perspective, since it focuses on improving employees’ happiness. By doing so, GE hoped to increase employees’ effectiveness at work. The contingency perspective suggests that universal theories cannot be applied organization because a particular business needs a unique way of management. GE is an example of this, since
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