The Influence of Classical and Human Relations Approaches in Today's Management: Evaluation through Real-Life Examples

Abstract

Several decades ago, scholars developed theories to allow an effective management of organizations. As such, an organization's performance depends on the type of management approach implemented by the manager to achieve its goals. Classical management and human relations approaches, considered as old, are facing the modern management theories. Some think that those old theories should be replaced by the new ones, modern management theories, whereas others support that they do still have a positive impact within current organizations. This paper aimed then at evaluating the influence of classical and human relations approaches in today's management. To attain this goal, through appropriate literature review, we provided real-life examples which allowed us to conclude that applied singularly or in a combined way, classical management – emphasizing the organizational structuration, hierarchy and framework – and human relations approaches – emphasizing the human resource motivation – do still influence positively organization's management in today's business environment, enabling them to increase their productivity, to improve services quality, to maximize profits and ensure organizational growth.