Schools of Management Thought

Scientific school

Federick Winslow

The father of scientific
management.

Efficiency and systematization
in management.

Henry L Gantt. Gantt

The psychology of the
worker and the importance
of morale in production.

Frank and Lillian Gilbert

Time-and-motion study.
Scientific selection and
training of workers

Human relations school

Chris Argyris

He emphasized the importance
of values in the achievement of objectives

Douglas McGregor

Maslow pyramid "theory of human motivation

Abraham Maslow

-Theories x and y

Contingency school,

Fred Fledle

Developed the contingency theory
Created the LCP test
Situational control concept

Paul Hersey & Ken Blanchard

Developed the situationa
l theory focused on the
particularities of the subordinates

Burns & Stalker

Investigated administrative
practices and the external
environment of the companies

Systems School

Ludwin Von Bertalanffy

The father of Systems School
In 1954 he founded the
society for general research
on systems

Chester Barnart

He was a notable American
economist who based much
of his studies on the organization
and system of activities

Vilfredo Pareto

His contributions include his
general equilibrium model or
the theory of utility and the optimum.

Total quality management

W. Edwards Deming

Promoter in Japan of quality
circles, also known as Deming circles.

The father of TQM.

Joseph Juran

Credited for adding the huma
n dimension to quality management.

For him, the main focus in quality
management was the final quality
or finished products.

Walter Shewhart

He published his method in 1931
as Economic Control of Quality of
Manufactured Product. Joseph Juran
was one of the people trained in the
technique.

MATH SCHOOL

Herbert Alexander Simon

Contribute significantly to
the optimization of decision-making
processes

Igor H. Ansoff

The field of study that he developed
the most was that of strategic
]management, especially in
real time, emphasizing the
recognition and management
of the environment in which
a particular organization finds itself.

West Churchman

Managed to link philosophy
with science by focusing
your work on the systems approach.

Objectives Management School

Peter Ferdinand Drucker

The Father of Management

George Odiorne

proposes a model composed of
a cycle of seven stages.

Jhon W. Humble

"a dynamic system that seeks to integrate the needs of the company to define and achieve its profit and growth purposes with the manager's need to contribute and develop. It's a demanding and challenging management style. "

Adss his own definition as what is Objectives
Management School: