Importance of Contemporary Management Theories in Managing Employees

Management theories help in increasing the level of productivity in organisations, and increasing the level of motivation to

employees. Contemporary management theories teach managers on how to get the most of human assets. The

contemporary management theories also help in encouraging staff to have more participation in decision making and

improve interpersonal relations, between employees and with supervisors. Management school emerged as early as the

twentieth century, focusing on two main directions. In scientific management, this focuses on the work of the individual and

in administrative management, which focuses on the organization as a whole. Political, economic, technological and social

changes served as an incentive for scientists to study the causes of inefficiency and to try to find effective methods and

procedures for control. Demand and supply also play an important role, increase in demand relates with productions

increase and workers trained according to the appropriate management methods. The power of using modern management

theories is changed and evolved during different periods, but still it showed that the use of the contemporary management

theories has an important role for the effective confrontation of the competition struggle and for being successful in the

market. Management is the process of deciding what to do and then getting it done through the effective use of resources. It

is about what managers do to make things happen. Employees as one of the most important capital of the enterprise

require special treatment in order to achieve the company's objectives and goals. The importance of management theories

since its beginnings, and over time has continued to be studied and constructed models and mixed theories that have tried

to analyse the impact of human resources on the organisational structure and increased efficiency.

According to the extract, employees as one of the most important capital of the enterprise require special treatment in order to achieve the company's objectives and goals. Based on this, argue in favour of the Human Relations Approach as the most suited management approach that will enable special treatment of employees in order to achieve the company's

objectives and goals. Your argument should include the following:

A brief explanation of the human relations approach and its contributors (10 marks)