THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT THOUGHT

The article outlines the field of activity of researchers of management science - Marie Parker Follett and Lillian Moller Gilbert, who worked in the first half of the 20th century in the United States of America and were supporters of various schools of management. This study of the principal areas of their activity, the general problems they encountered in research that is the purpose of this work. The relevance of the topic is figured out by the key statements of the researchers about the place of employees in the management system, the level of their satisfaction with working conditions and consistency in making managerial decisions. Discovered that Marie Parker Follett, in researching the direction of humanistic management, first formulated ideas that are characteristic of the school of human relations. An insufficient assessment and recognition of the importance of Marie Follett's scientific achievements is revealed which is associated with the political situation of the first half of the 20th century, her gender and education. It was determined that the basic principles of management outlined by the researcher are oriented towards the person, his needs, place in the team and role in the management of the enterprise. It was proven that the scientific activity of Lillian Moller Gilbert as a follower of F. Taylor is related to scientific management and her research activity can be divided into two stages: the first stage - in collaboration with her husband and the second stage - independent research work. Collaboration with Frank B. Gilbreth allowed to include the assessment of the human factor in the sphere of scientific management, which contributed to the development of ergonomics, which contributed to achieving a balance between work and personal life of employees. It was found that the components of scientific management of Lillian Gilbert as well Marie Follett, were focused primarily on the individuals. Lillian Moller Gilbert considered the training of the employee, his welfare to be the most key factors, and she identified modernity with efficiency. Since caring for the person, his welfare was significant for Lillian Moller Gilbert. She paid attention not only to creating conditions for increasing the efficiency of work in the workplace but also the efficiency of homework. It was found that there are no scientific works by O. Rozmyrovych in open sources and the available information about her scientific achievements, which are referred to by different authors are not confirmed by the original sources.