The Four Contemporary Approach to Management

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Shnea Alexander Unit 2 Assignment MT140 Professor Carol Locker The four contemporary approaches to management are different in many ways. The social technical systems theory is more of a contemporary approach to management that says that a proper combination of workers and their knowledge, training, and tools leads to organizational effectiveness in satisfying customers. Emphasis is social and technical. The second approach, which is Quantitative management is another contemporary approach to management that prioritizes mathematical or statistical analysis as basis for decisions the emphasis for this is quantitative analysis. The third approach is organizational behavior contemporary approach. This approach mainly considers the behaviors and interactions of workers. Emphasis is the individual and group behaviors. The last approach is the systems theory, the systems theory shows the organizations performance depends on how effective it is in providing goods or services using inputs from external environment. Emphasis is changing inputs into outputs. Each contemporary approach has its own unique, yet effective way in management. Opens systems is a set a set of components and processes. For example, the organization,subject to the influence of the external environment. The organization is the open system because its components and processes change due to external factors. The internal environment of an organization is the set of employers, process, and components inside the organization. The competitive environment of an organization involves the organization and other players that compete in the market. The macro-environment of an organization involves other variables beyond the market, such as the social, political, legal and technological variables. Each contemporary approach is very much so relevant in its own way. The Socio techical system approach
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