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Institute of Business &Technology

Principles of Management (MGT 201)

Submitted To: Sir. Naveed R Khan

Submitted By: Muhammad Abdul Basit

Biography

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Robert Owen• Hugo Munsterberg

• Mary Parker Follett

• Chester Irving Barnard

Assignment # 01

PROGRAM: BBA

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Student I.D: BB-35007

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Robert Owen

Robert Owen was born in 1771. He was an industrialist. He had a textile factory at NewLanark in Scotland. He was a paternalistic manager. He further built three more cotton

mills in New Lanark and it become the largest cotton manufacturer in Scotland. He also

built housing society for his workers with the huge capacity; people attracted towards hisfactory and came from other places to work.

During his time the working conditions for workers were very harsh workers had to work at least 13 hours a day and 6 days a week. There were same working conditions for child

labor. Mill owners were leased concerned about their workers but the machines were

more important to them.

He introduced some revolutionary things for his employees like company shop and

employees housing society. What ever he preached to his employees he also practiced it.

He has a significant contribution in the theories of motivation. He opened an institute for

the character development of his workers; his imaginative plans were to introduce a progressive and tolerant system of education, which, he believed was the key to a healthy

society, and universal harmony.

He addressed these memorable words:

"What ideas individuals may attach to the term "Millennium" I know not; but I know that

society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatlyimproved, with little, if any misery, and with intelligence and happiness increased a

hundredfold: and no obstacle whatsoever intervenes at this moment except ignorance to

prevent such a state of society from becoming universal "[1]

1. http://www.robert-owen.com/quotes.htm

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Hugo Munsterberg

Hugo Munsterberg (1863 – 1916) was born in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland). He was aGerman-American. His father, Moritz, was a trader of lumber. His mother, Allyson Schil,

was an artist and she had four sons. Munsterberg graduated from Gymnasium of Danzig

in 1882. He joined Psychology laboratory at University of Leipzig in 1883. In 1887 hereceived a Ph.D. in psychology and received his medical degree at Heidelberg. He

married Selma Oppler.

He was one of the founders of applied psychology. His research and theories are about

Industrial/ Organizational, clinical, educational, medical, legal, and business settings.

Munsterberg encountered huge turmoil with the outbreak of the First World War. He was

loyal to America and his homeland; he often defended Germany's actions, attractingcriticism.

He was the author of the book “Psychotherapy“, which explains in matters and functions

of the mind, was published in 1909. Munsterberg believed on the theory of psychophysical parallelism, which says that all physical processes are controlled by brain

process. He believed that certain mental (Neurological) illnesses are due to cellular-metabolic and can be diagnosed by the observation of his behavior and the subject's

reactions. He wrote several papers on the application of psychological information in

legal situations. The main objective in most of these articles was eyewitness indication.

Munsterberg was an admirer of Frederick Winslow Taylor. He wrote to him in 1913:

“Our aim is to sketch the outlines of a new science, which is to intermediate between the

modern laboratory psychology and the problem of economics.” Industrial psychology

was to be “independent of economic opinions and debatable . . . interests .”[1]

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_M%C3%BCnsterberg

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Mary Parker Follett

She was born on 3 September 1868 & died in 18 December 1933. She was energetic &dynamic lady in American. Her major subject of discussion was Management & Politics.

She was worked in management theories, social worker, writer & managementconsultant. She was pioneer in the fields of organizational theory, organizational behavior

& organizational development.

She was an authored a number of books & numerous essays, articles & speeches on

major topics democracy, community human relations, political philosophy, psychology,

organizational behavior & conflict resolution.

Follett devoted herself to social work. She was influential in the formation of many other

social centers all the way through Boston. Her experience in this area helped to transformher view of democracy. Later she was served as a member of the Massachusetts

Minimum Wage Board, and in 1917 she became vice-president of the NationalCommunity Center Association. By this time, however, she had turned most of her attention to writing for a wider public regarding what the social centers had taught her

about democracy.

Actually her approach was mainly that of a practical person, though she emphasize & placed higher value on the creative rather than the verifying aspects of experience. She

was inspiration all societies & of all means to be able to actively participate in the

evolution of their selves, their lives, and their world. In a time of complexity, change,modify, & conflict.

She is essential that the individual can give the new frame of reference to the communitytogether learn what they mean to each other. It is equally critical that variation become

recognized as the source of relationship of creation.

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Chester Irving Barnard

He was born on November 7, 1886 in Malden, Massachusetts & he was died in June 7,1961 in New York City.

He was an American business executive, philosopher and political scientists and workedas public administrator. He was the author of pioneering work in management theory &

organizational studies.

He defined the Functions of the Executive, in his book Landmark in 1938. He sets out a

theory of organization & of the functions of executives in organizations. The book has

been widely assigned as a syllabus book in university courses in management theory &

organizational sociology.

The book is written not only from a merely intuitive point of view, his main objective, as

indicated by the title, is to discuss the functions of the executive, but not from a merely

intuitive point of view, but also deriving them from a conception of cooperative systems based on previous concepts.

The key concept of his work was to understand an individual's behavior, compliance,

communication, motivations, management’s responsibility, management efficiency &

effectiveness. Manager’s major tasks are to set up systems to motivate employeestowards the organization’s goals & individuals working to a common purpose rather than

by authority real role of Chief Executive are to manage the values of the organization.

He was institution is enthusiastic to support core competencies for the 21st century that

will allow individuals & communities to enlarge in their present & to ensure the same

opportunity for future generations.

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Bibliography

http://www.robert-owen.com/

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99932542.html

http://www.laynetworks.com/Theories-of-Motivation.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_M%C3%BCnsterberg

http://follettfoundation.org/ceintro.pdf

http://www.infed.org/thinkers/et-foll.htm

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Mary_Parker_Follett

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Barnard

http://www.business.illinois.edu/Working_Papers/papers/10-0102.pdf

http://www.vectorstudy.com/management_gurus/chester_barnard.htm

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