This article is a brief analysis of the history of management. My analysis will show the importance of the evolution of management on people as well as on organizations. Scientific management theory (1890-1940) primarily dealt with large, industrialized organizations. During this period, organizations focused on routine tasks that used science and technology to serve the public with the aim of reducing inefficiency, using resources efficiently through good organization of men, machines and materials (p. 179); improve municipal administration to reduce costs by firing inefficient workers, improve and open communication channels between workers and managers, reorganize budgetary procedures and expect workplace cooperation and participation from employees in all matters levels. Cooke believed that it was not the system, but public confidence in the system that made scientific management effective. (p. 186). Bureaucratic management theory (1930-1950) was created by Max Weber. His theory was to divide organizations into hierarchies, establishing strong lines of authority and control. He believed that organizations should implement comprehensive, detailed, and standardized operating procedures for all routine tasks performed in an organization. These measures would focus on efficiency and cost reduction in order to maximize savings through administrative reform and management riddled with corruption. Cooke saw the vital gains made by bringing workers and management together in mutual collaboration toward improved production leading to higher wages and less unemployment. (p.186) Theories of the Human Relations (Management) Movement, (1930 to present) brought a more humanistic approach to a sterile, scientific method of management theory...... middle of the article......useful for practicing managers to support management. I'm surprised, looking at the literature, that some people are discovering what we've known for years. For example, some things like this: that technology affects the management organization. I discovered this when I was in the airline industry a few years ago and never thought it was anything very interesting. Another, that actual management depends on the situation… I thought, my God, there must be something new there. Only to discover, after spending a lot of time reading, that management theory and science should underpin the practice, otherwise why develop it? (420). Works Cited Diamond, J (2011) Reducing how societies choose to fail or succeed. New York: Viking Books. Wren, D.A. (2009) The Evolution of Management Thought (6th ed.). New York: Wiley & Sons.