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Evolution of Management Thinking and Practices – Modern Contributors I – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #918 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #918 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Abraham Maslow Douglas McGregor Credit: Olena Bohovyk The purpose of this series is to show how major changes evolved in the management thinking and practices.  I understand it is presenting a very large subject in a digest form, and is particularly for those who believe in understanding management, practicing it, and experimenting to develop new ideas for better performance. From the beginning of 20th century, interest in management increased further because of rapid technology changes, greater academic research, and higher...

Evolution of Management Thinking and Practices – 19th to 20th Century – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #917 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #917 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. The Gilbreths Henry Gantt Henry Towne Morris Cooke The purpose of this series is to show how major changes evolved in the management thinking and practices.  I understand it is presenting a very large subject in a digest form, and is particularly for those who believe in understanding management, practicing it, and experimenting to develop new ideas for better performance. Most of the important developments took place in the one hundred years from second half of the 19th century to first half of 20th century. It does not mean...

Evolution of Management Thinking and Practices – 20th Century – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #916 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #916 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Elton Mayo F W Taylor Henri Fayol The 20th century witnessed a vibrant evolution of management thought, with numerous groundbreaking theories and practices emerging to meet the needs of increasingly complex and dynamic organizations. Here are some of the most influential thinkers and their lasting impact.  Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) – Father of Scientific Management Taylor was born in Philadelphia and died there at the age of 64. He graduated from Phillips Exeter in New Hampshire in 1872, but was forced to give up his plans...

Evolution of Management Thinking and Practices – 18th & 19th Centuries – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #915 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #915 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Charles Babbage Babbage Analytical Machine Charles Dupin Robert Owens Andrew Ure Several luminaries can be credited with shaping the early management thought during 18th and 19th centuries. We shall see a few in the next paragraphs. Robert Owens (1771 – 1858) Robert Owens was a successful Scottish entrepreneur and a utopian socialist who sowed the first seeds of concern for the workers. He was repulsed by the working conditions and poor treatment of the workers in the factories across Scotland. Owen became a reformer. He redu...

Evolution of Management Thinking and Practices – Early Periods – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #914 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #914 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Adam Smith Confucius Plato The evolution of management thinking and practices is a dynamic journey that spans centuries, reflecting the ever-changing nature of organizational structures, societal needs, and economic landscapes. From the rudimentary forms of organization in ancient civilizations to the sophisticated management theories of the modern era, the discipline has undergone many profound transformations. Throughout this evolutionary process, a multitude of thinkers, influencers, and practitioners have left an indelible mark on th...

Changes in Life Expectancy and Diseases Profile – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #913 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #913 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Yan Krukau Erin Li Credit: Ivan Smakov Credit: Yan Krukau “In many respects, health is a remarkable success story. Over the past century, life expectancy has dramatically increased in most parts of the world. But the portion of life we human beings spend in moderate and poor health has not changed, meaning we spend more years in poor health than at any point in history. Moreover, significant inequity continues to exist across and within countries”.  What is good health? It is the state in which we are able to lead productive and enjoyable ...

Bard is now Gemini – What about Other Generative AI Tools? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #912 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #912 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Google Images Credit: Google Images Credit: Google Images Credit: Google Images Credit: Mojahid Mottakin Generative AI became the hottest topic with the arrival of Chat GPT from Open AI. Probably, the news spread more quickly for it than any other technological development so far. We understand that several more companies had been working on this subject, but Open AI took the lead, and are still striving to keep the lead. Google announced Bard and launched it shortly after. Microsoft brought their Copilot. Bard and Copilot were embed...

Women in Workplace Report 2023 – Recommendations – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #911 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #911 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Amina Filkins Credit: Andrew Neel Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Credit: Michael Burrows Women in the Workplace is the largest study on the state of women in corporate America. Many of their findings resonate very well with most other countries while some are specific to the US only. In the previous blogpost, I presented extract of data and the four myths that this report tried to debunk. In the present post, I shall present the recommendations from the report with comments on their applicability in Pakistan.  The report recommends that companie...