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    Scientific management methods are still used today to standardize tasks and incentivize productivity. Bureaucratic principles structure organizations in a hierarchy with clear chains of command. Administrative principles group similar tasks into departments and teach universal management principles. The humanistic perspective emphasizes empowering employees to do their best by treating them with dignity rather than as tools. Recent trends focus on contingency and system thinking to address unique problems, and top quality management engages the whole organization to produce quality.

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    Scientific management methods are still used today to standardize tasks and incentivize productivity. Bureaucratic principles structure organizations in a hierarchy with clear chains of command. Administrative principles group similar tasks into departments and teach universal management principles. The humanistic perspective emphasizes empowering employees to do their best by treating them with dignity rather than as tools. Recent trends focus on contingency and system thinking to address unique problems, and top quality management engages the whole organization to produce quality.

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    Contribution of historical management to current business management

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    Scientific management methods are still used today to standardize tasks and incentivize productivity. Bureaucratic principles structure organizations in a hierarchy with clear chains of command. Administrative principles group similar tasks into departments and teach universal management principles. The humanistic perspective emphasizes empowering employees to do their best by treating them with dignity rather than as tools. Recent trends focus on contingency and system thinking to address unique problems, and top quality management engages the whole organization to produce quality.

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    Classical Perspective.

    Scientific management methods are used today, largely in factories, to improve


    efficiency and labour productivity One of the contributions that it made to
    modern management is increasing efficiency by standardizing each task of a
    job and training workers to perform the task in the standard method. A
    famous example of this is an assembly line used to make cars today. In
    addition, Scientific management also contributed to the use of incentives.
    Incentives are widely used today in both private and public sectors in a form of
    performance bonuses to boost productivity and morale. (Recognize, 2022)‌.
    Bureaucratic Principles are practiced in organizations today. One principle can
    be seen in the structure of the various organisation whereby the hierarchy of
    organisations is clear and defined and has a chain of command. Typically, the
    hierarchy from the top is, top managers, followed by middle managers, down
    to first line manager right to the bottom where you get team leaders and non-
    managerial employees (Daft, Benson and Henry, 2020). Another practice widely
    used, is hiring qualified people instead of people connected to the organisation
    leadership.
    Administrative Principle is still widely used today in a form of the elements of
    management and the universal principles of management which are taught in
    Management Theory today. It also contributed the idea of grouping similar task
    together into one department, which we see widely in organisations in a form
    of, for example, the financial department.

    Humanistic perspective
    Human perspective places emphasis on humans in relation to the success of
    the organisation. In contrast to the Scientific management, the aim is to
    empower the employees (Daft, Benson and Henry, 2020) in order for the
    employees to do their best; the employee is seen as individual with potential
    and dignity and not a tool to be used. There are companies that find the value
    in humanistic approach to managing people, like Vygon Group, believing that if
    they treat employees well, productivity will increase. This idea was proposed in
    the human relation movement and clearly still has a place in our current era.
    Behavioural Science approach birthed organisational development, which
    widely used by organisations, in a form of team building and leadership
    training, to name a few.
    Recent historical trends
    Recent historical trends seem to be directed a solving issue on the bases that
    every problem is unique and might need unique solutions, as described in
    Contingency View phase. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the usefulness of
    the Contingency View method, solely to the fact that the pandemic was an
    unexpected situation; organizations were forced to find new solutions to adapt
    to the constrains created by the pandemic.
    Companies use principles of System thinking to solve their problems, even the
    work environment. By understanding the various factors that contribute and
    take away from the productivity of employees, one can make an informed
    decision on how to deal with those issues and greatly increase productivity in
    the workplace. Many companies have used System thinking with great success,
    including Google and Casco(Anon, n.d.).
    Top quality management is focused on producing quality at efforts of the
    whole organization. It has been successfully used by Toyota, making them one
    of the top producers of vehicles. When done right, Top quality management
    has the potential to grow an organisation.

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