Republic of the Philippines
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY
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How does this contribute to the
program outcomes?
Learning Objectives
Key Understandings
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Fatima, General Santos City
Meaning of School Administration
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
1 hour and 30 minutes School Administration
Teacher-Participants Educ 203-A
This session will allow the participants to understand how our present Management Theories and Strategies grew and
turned as it is today. SESSION GUIDE No. 4
Terminal Objective: KEY POINTS TOOLS/ RESOURCES SLIDE TIME
NUMBER ALLOTMENT
At the end of the session, the participants will be able to distinguish different pre-scientific management concepts.
Enabling Objectives:
1. Define Scientific Management
2. Determine origin of Scientific management
3. Discuss different Pre-Scientific Management Concepts
The origin of evolution of management can be traced back to the days when man started living in groups. In history, the
life of the public in ancient Greece, the military forces, and the organization of the Roman Catholic are just some of the
evidence that proves that the people during early age had already practiced grouping and organizing the masses but
according to their intelligence, mental and physical capabilities. However, these civilizations do not provide significant
information on the management itself. Hence, with the onset of industrial revolution, the development of a formal theory
of management became absolutely necessary. The evolution of management may be divided into four categories: (a)
Pre-Scientific Management Era; (b) Classical Theory; (c) Neo-Classical Theory or Behavior Approach; and (d) Modern
Theory or Systems Approach.
The Management Science: Background Analysis. (N.D). Retrieved at shorturl.at/zRUVX on September 27, 2020.
Nyanyofio, Gerald J.N. (N.D). Business Management 1. University of Professional Studies, ACCRA. Retrieved at
shorturl.at/ktvCG on September 27, 2020.
Kwok,Angus C.F. (2014). The Evolution of Management Theories: A Literature Review. Hong Kong Institute of
Technology. Nang Yan Business Journal. Retrieved at shorturl.at/byPQ4 on September 27, 2020.
Principles of Management and Behavior Tutorial: Evolution of Management Thought. (2020). Wisdom IT Services India
Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved at shorturl.at/gnG35 on September 27, 2020.
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INTRODUCTION Terminal Objective:

Greetings to the Participants
Reading of terminal and enabling
objectives
At the end of the session, the participants will be able Slide Deck 3 minutes
to distinguish different pre-scientific management
concepts.
Enabling Objectives:
1. Define Scientific Management.
2. Determine origin of Scientific management
3. Discuss different Pre-Scientific Management
Concepts.

A question will be given to the participants for

ACTIVITY: reflection: 10 minutes

1. What motivates you to work?

2. Do non-financial rewards affect YOUR job-
satisfaction, motivation and productivity?

Have a sharing of insights among the participants.

ANALYSIS:
Gale and Lance were both School Paper Advisers. 10 minutes
Gale is a newly-hired faculty and Lance is an adviser
for eight years now. They were chosen because of
their remarkable skills in journalism.
Lance, while being a proficient worker, tends to wait
until the last minute to get his work done. Gale works
more steadily and keeps on top of her work daily.
Gale complains that she feels she has to worry now
about their work.
Since they need to collaborate and rely on each other
for the success of the publication, she is
uncomfortable with waiting until Lance finishes his
 part.
Because of the conflict, Lance is missing more work
and you suspect it’s because he wants to avoid Gale
and her rants.

Ask the participants the following questions:

1. As the head of the school, how will you resolve

this conflict?
ABSTRACTION Say:
Slide deck 3 minutes
To help you clearly realize your role as an effective
school administrator, key concepts have to be
unlocked. Let’s get to know each of them!

Define the following:

1. management – the process of dealing with or

controlling things or people

2. scientific management– a management theory

that analyzes work flows to improve economic
efficiency, especially labor productivity

3. efficient – (especially of a system or machine)

achieving maximum productivity with minimum
wasted effort or expense
LECTURE
Say:
I. MANAGEMENT Slide Deck
What is management? 30 minutes

Show and explain each slide on the slide deck

Say: Slide Deck

This morning we will be immersing ourselves into the

II. EVOLUTION OF early concepts of scientific management.
MANAGEMENT OF
THOUGHT Show and explain each slide on the slide deck

Slide Deck

Say:

III. PRE-SCIENTIFIC What triggered the early management thinkers to

MANAGEMENT ERA AND develop their managerial skills?
THE EARLY MANAGEMENT
Show and explain each slide on the slide deck
THINKERS

APPLICATION Ask the following questions: 3 minutes

Slide Deck
How does the pre-scientific management help form References
our modern management system?
 "Management is doing things right; leadership is doing
CLOSURE the right things" - Peter F. Drucker Slide Deck 1 minute