History of organizational behavior

Roverie Ann Visco 3BSHRM2

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

Date

Significant

Precursor

1776

1832

1789

Adam Smith is more typically cited by economists for his contributions to classical economic doctrine, but his discussion in The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776, included a brilliant argument on the economic advantages that organizations and society would reap from the division of labor (also called work specialization) .

Expanded the virtues of division of labor first articulated by Adam Smith.

Babbage added the following to Smith's list of the advantages that accrue from division of labor.

1.It reduces the time needed for learning a job.

2.It reduces the waste of material during the learning stage.

3.It allows for the attainment of high skill levels.

4.It allows a more careful matching of people's skills and physical abilities with specific tasks.

The first industrialists to recognize how that growing factory system was demeaning to workers.

The proposal of a utopian workplace that would reduce the sufferings of the working class

ADAM SMITH

CHARLES BABBAGE

ROBERT OWEN