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The following post will discuss the major theories of organizational behavior as well as when utilized how can they help or have helped managers. The theories we will be discussing are Scientific Management, General Administrative Theorist, the Quantitative approach, the Systems Approach and the Contingency Approach. In addition, this article will demonstrate how these concepts can be applied.

F W Taylor based his theories of management on certain assumptions about the nature of humanity and how it may be controlled. This explores those assumptions and how his control technologies can be implemented.

Frederick Winslow Taylor was a central figure in the development of management thought. He is considered by management and business historians as number one on the list of the most influential contributors in the twentieth century.

In the mid-nineteenth century, traditional management practices were found to be inadequate to meet demands from the changing economic, social and technological environment.