- 2071 Chaitra · 2+2+4 marks
Organization vs management; scientific approach
Short answer
Organization is a structure or entity providing a platform for work, while management is the process of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling to achieve goals. A scientific approach is needed because it raises productivity, lowers cost, improves decisions through data, ensures right person for the job, standardizes quality, and reduces conflict.
What are the differences between the terms organization and management? Why do you need scientific approach of management to an organization?
Differences between organization and management
| Basis | Organization | Management |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | A group of people and structure to achieve goals | Process of planning, organizing, directing, controlling to use resources |
| Nature | Structure or entity | Process or activity |
| Focus | Framework of authority, roles and relations | Getting results through people |
| Role | Provides the platform for work | Guides and operates the platform |
| Existence | Can exist as a legal entity (company) | Exists only inside an organization |
| Members | All employees and owners | Managers and executives |
| Example | Nepal Telecom as a company | The management team running Nepal Telecom |
Need for scientific approach of management
Scientific approach means making management decisions by observation, data, experiment and analysis, not by guess, habit or personal feeling (the idea of F.W. Taylor). An organization needs it because:
- Higher productivity: Time and motion study finds the best method, saving time and effort.
- Lower cost: Reduces waste of material, labour and time.
- Better decisions: Facts and data (for example, load forecasts at NEA) replace guesswork.
- Right person for the right job: Scientific selection and training.
- Standardization and quality: Standard tools and methods give consistent output.
- Fair pay and incentives: Pay linked to measured output improves cooperation.
- Reduced conflict: Rules based on facts are accepted more easily by workers and management.
- Competitiveness: Needed to survive in a competitive and global market.
Engineering organizations in particular depend on measurement, standards and analysis, so a scientific approach suits them well.
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