Robert Owen

Presentation by

Athira Rajan

MTP, MBA, ASIET

Prof. Nimal C Namboodiripad

Robert Owen(1771-1858)

• Was a Utopian Socialist and Social

Reformer

• Was more a doer than a talker

• Born on 14th May, 1771 at

Newton, Wales, England

• At 16 found work in wholesale and • At 16 found work in wholesale and

retail drapery

• At 19 borrowed 100 pounds and

set up spinning mules with John

Jones

• 1792 left the partnership and

joined as a manager in

Drinkwaters factory

• “A person’s character is formed by the effects of

his environment.”

• “Only the right environment could produce

Owen’s Convictions

• “Only the right environment could produce

rational, good and humane people.”

• “Allies important in developing a person.”

New Lanark Cotton Mills

Management Contributions

• Founded famous New Lanark Mills in Scotland.

• Was one of the foremost management thinkers during the

industrial revolution well before the advent of the

Scientific Management SchoolScientific Management School

• Can be called World’s first enlightened (and first

personnel) manager and the Father of the Cooperative

Movement

• Established the Grand National Consolidated Trade Union

in 1834

Management Contributions

• Stopped employing children below 10 in factories

• Reduced working hours from 14 to 10

• Built houses for workers with proper sanitation

• Nursery for children

• Showed higher wages increased profits through higher • Showed higher wages increased profits through higher productivity

• Unique incentive schemes

• Informal workers participation in management

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Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Owen