Organizational activity is crucial in a highly developed society.
Management is an art that is based on some well established and some still evolving theory.
The purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for course participants to learn about the available theory and state of the art management practice to facilitate the development of their own philosophy of management. Such a philosophy is necessary to guide your own managerial activity. For example, you may conclude with Frederick W. Taylor, the Father of Scientific Management, that the worker is incapable of understanding the right way to do work without the aid of a manager who should use close supervision to ensure good performance. Or you may conclude that the goals of the organization are better served by a system of management that is able to create an environment in which workers are naturally inclined to performance that leads to organizational goals. In both cases, management is attempting to guide organizational activity.