What is a bureaucracy? Does bureaucracy still exist today? What did the early advocates of OB contribute to our understanding of management? Why were the Hawthorne Studies so critical to management history? What kind of workplace would Henri Fayol create? How about Mary Parker Follet? How about Frederick W. Taylor? Explain what the quantitative approach has contributed to the field of management. How had technology impacted how managers use the quantitative approach in today's workplace? How do systems theory and the contingency approach make managers better at what they do? How do societal trends influence the practice of management? What are the implications for someone studying management