2. Early Management Theories Relevant to the Modern World
General Framework
From a framework (a map) describing the developments in Western Management Theory over the last
hundred years or more, focus on the period from Taylor to Fayol and Weber explaining the context of
their work.
Individual Components
Each member of the team choose one of the management theorists listed below and give specific
examples of the portions of their theory still in use in the modern world.
1. Fred Taylor
2. Henri Fayol
3. Max Weber