PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT — OCM STD 12 Commerce — Question
Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceOCMPRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT3 Marks
Question
Management is not a modern day discovery. Explain.
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Answer
Activities of management have been carried out since centuries. The Kings and rulers have been using several elements of management in managing their reigns.
Even during those times strategies were made for wars, building forts, training soldiers, managing the kingdom, water management, agriculture, etc.
One can see systematic use of management policies and war strategies during the rule of Chandragupta Maurya and Chhatrapati Shivaji.
As, the world evolved, various management gurus came into picture. These management gurus, thinkers, ideologists and authors have time and again given new principles through evaluation and reconsideration of the concept of management.
Thus, the history of concept of management is very ancient and has been- changed periodically.
These people have contributed to the modern day management. Frederik Taylor to Henri Fayol, Gilbreath, Max Weber, Chester Barnard, Peter F. Drucker and C. K. Prahalad played an important role in rendering various management principles to make it as per the era.
Thus, management is not a modern day term. It existed even during the most ancient periods however, it has ever-evolved with time.
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