Everything you need to know about the bases of departmentation. Departmentation or departmentalization refers to (a) Dividing the total effort into operating tasks (production, sales, finance, personnel, etc.); (b) Grouping of tasks into functions, activities or jobs to be performed by individuals or groups of individuals; (c) Combining functions, sub-functions into efficient work groups; and (d) Combining work-groups into departments. [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Scientific approach to management 2. Administrative approach to management 3. Human approach to management. 1. Scientific Approach to Management - Frederick W. Taylor (1856-1915): Scientific management arose from the need to increase productivity. The central question was - what could be done to get people to do more work in less time? [...]
Everything you need to know about centralisation and decentralisation of authority. Centralisation means concentration. When authority is concentrated, there is centralisation. An organisation is said to be centralised when most of the decision making power is reserved by one or a few persons at the higher level. In a centralised organisation there is not much delegation of authority and responsibility. [...]