Question

Who advocated separation of planning and execution functions in any organisation?

Answer 1

F. W Taylor proposed 6 principles of Scientific Management. His principle ' Division of Responsibility' stated that planning must be done by higher officials and employer. Lower level employees must focus only on executing the plans of their employer.

He further advocated that there should be seperate people for each function within an organisation. If the same person is given both planning and executive responsibilities, his efficiency will go down and the organisation will suffer in the long run.

Answer 2

It was advocated by Taylor.

This concept was extended to the lowest level of the management that is the shop floor. It was also known by another name functional foremanship. It increased productivity and was mainly suited for scientist personalities.

It was the basis of observation experimentation and is a quite successful theory.