Book Question – classical approach to management

D could be termed the ‘systems approach’ to management, rather than the classical approach.

The systems approach says that organisations and departments take in inputs, process them and produce outputs. Eg a car manufacturer take in inputs of steel, plastic etc, processes these to output cars. A tax accountant has inputs of clients’ financial information, processes this and outputs a tax computation. Similarly labour can be regarded as an input/

It’s not a particularly useful approach when it comes to the practice of managing people.