Category: Management

Behavioral Theories 0

Behavioral Theories

Behavioral Theories: University of Michigan Studies and Ohio State University studies The behavioral theories of leadership emerged from studies conducted at the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. These studies identified two primary...

Measures of Effectiveness – Mullins 1

Measures of Effectiveness – Mullins

Laurie J. Mullins, a British management author and academic, has written extensively on management and organizational behavior. In his book “Management and Organisational Behaviour” (2013), Mullins highlights that managers are often evaluated based on...

Mullins’s Philosophy for Successful Management 1

Mullins’s Philosophy for Successful Management

Laurie J. Mullins, a British management author and academic, has written extensively on management and organizational behavior. In his book “Management and Organisational Behaviour” (2013), Mullins outlines several principles and concepts that contribute to...

Ten Roles of Manager: Mintzberg (1973) 0

Ten Roles of Manager: Mintzberg (1973)

Henry Mintzberg, a renowned management theorist, identified ten distinct roles that managers play in organizations in his 1973 book “The Nature of Managerial Work.” These roles can be grouped into three categories: interpersonal, informational,...

Theory Z – William G. Ouchi 0

Theory Z – William G. Ouchi

Theory Z is a management philosophy developed by William G. Ouchi, an American professor and organizational theorist. He introduced the concept in his 1981 book “Theory Z: How American Business Can Meet the Japanese...

Theories X and Y (McGregor, 1961) 0

Theories X and Y (McGregor, 1961)

Douglas McGregor, a management professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, introduced the concept of Theory X and Theory Y in his 1960 book “The Human Side of Enterprise.” These theories describe two...

Peter Drucker on Management 1

Peter Drucker on Management

Peter Drucker is one of the most influential management thinkers and writers of the 20th century. He made significant contributions to the field of management through his numerous books and articles. Here, we’ll focus...

Fayol’s Five Function of Management 1

Fayol’s Five Function of Management

Henri Fayol was a French mining engineer and management theorist who developed a general theory of business administration, which he published in his book “General and Industrial Management” (1916), not in 1949 as mentioned...