The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century in England and spread across the world. It transformed economies from agrarian and handicraft to machine manufacturing and industry. Notable inventions like improved transportation and communication led to changes. Managers were needed to coordinate large factories. Early thinkers like Robert Owen, Andrew Ure, and J.N. Tata emphasized treating workers humanely by banning child labor, providing benefits, and improving safety. However, their ideas were not widely accepted at the time and management of people was not fully recognized as important.

1. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
EVOLUTION OF
ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOUR

2.  Period : 18th to 19th century
 First started in England
 Major changes in agriculture, transportation and technology
 Deep effect on socio economic and cultural conditions
 Spread across the United States and the rest of the world
Industrial Revolution

3. How it started ?
 Agrarian and handicraft economy to industry and machine manufacturing
 Driving force - inventions and innovations
 Adam Smith – specialization and division of labour

4. Major inventions

5.  Improved transportation and faster communication led to Market Revolution
 Need for managers to coordinate various activities
 Lack of motivation and finite work by workers
 Need for study of management and organizational behaviour
What happened ?

6. Persons responsible for this evolution
Robert Owen 1771 – 1858
• A young welsh factory owner (1800). One of the first to
emphasize the human needs of employees.
• Refused to employ young children.
• Taught his workers cleanliness and temperance and
improved their working conditions.
• Father of Personnel Management.
• Founders of Utopian socialism.

7. Andrew Ure 1778 – 1857
• He published “The philosophy of manufactures” (1835) in
which he included the human factor as one of the factors
of production, besides the mechanical and commercial
parts.
• Believing in importance of human factor.
• He provided workers hot tea, medical treatment and
sickness payments.

8. J.N.Tata 1839 – 1904
• He took special interest in the welfare of workers.
• He installed the first humidifiers and fire sprinklers in his
factory Empress mills.
• In 1886, he instituted a pension fund.
• In 1895, he began to pay accident compensation.

9. Economies based on large-scale industry, mechanized
manufacturing and factory system.
Paved a way for different management theories.
Ideas of Owen, Ure and Tata were not very much accepted and
were seen as just a do-good approach rather than a genuine
recognition of the importance of people at work.
Conclusion

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