Business Management Theories

Question	Answer
Classical Scientific Approach	PLANNING - once roles have been determined, planning needs to be achieved long-term planning - roughly 3 to 5 years (goals for the future) TACTICAL - 1 - 2 years (flexible and adaptable change) operational - short term - specific detail about day-to-day planning organising. Determining work activities - to achieve objectives - specialisation and division of about. Seperate people into departments - increase efficiency - give managers to departments and sections CONTROLLING - evaluate performance - intended to happen vs what actually happened. Establish standards or benchmarks and then checking if they are achieved. Take action to meet the benchmark.
Classical Scientific Style	Which way is best to do stuff and do experiments to do so using measurements. They do this through a organisational chart. The hierarchal structure with a long chain of command meaning there are many levels of management. Can cause problems for small businesses. It’s a three level tier - CEO, middle management and then front-line supervisor management team. Bureaucracy - big
Red tape business	Excessive bureaucracy

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