Classical Viewpoint Organizations have to be managed and attempts have been made to generalize the analysis so that managers in organizations will be able to manage better. The Classical School of Thought focuses on efficiency and includes bureaucratic, scientific and administrative management. ... It has been referred to as the neoclassical school because it was initially a reaction to the shortcomings of the classical approaches to management. ... Classical theories are time-bound. ...

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Travis and Barlowe (1995) make note of the fact that in the "original" myth of Ovid, Perseus "seeks the power of Medusa's evil eye, which is the ability to arrest, immobilize, and make statues of others" (pp. 47). ... It is worth noting the conclusion made by modern scholars Travis and Barlowe who point out that by using the Perseus-Medusa myth as the "context of analysis" (pp. 50) in terms of the "academic and cultural demonstrations of the simultaneous claim/failure of dialogue and as a cautionary tale for feminists, our particular interrogation can remind us all of the oppressive disc...

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Science is no longer the New Magic and no longer controls the conceptualization of the cosmos as classical physics once did. ... It is important to note that he also says that "there seem to be times when having no explanation is better than having one" (133) and ends the book by affirming that religion has much else to offer besides theory, such as giving meaning and contact with the sacred. ...

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