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Life and work of Chester I. Barnard
Chester I. Barnard was president of a big
north American telephones’ company, and author of the recognized work
“The Functions of the Executive” published by the first time in 1938. In
his work, Barnard establishes a relation between the concepts of
effectiveness and efficiency, defining effectiveness as the contribution
of an action for the goals of the organization and efficiency as the
contribution of an action for the fulfillment of the organizations’
members.
According to Barnard the organization’s
survival depends on the existence of a minimum degree of effectiveness
and efficiency, being responsibility of the management to assure that
minimum degree. By other words, are management tasks to create
conditions /through the adequate communication systems and
participation) so that each member looks within (makes his own) the
organization’s goals. Therefore, is place for the first time the
emphasis on the relations between the several components of the
organization, forming Management Systemic Approach basis.
Translated from Portuguese
by Susana Saraiva, Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese translation
specialist. Contact: spams@sapo.pt.
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