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Management theory

By: Language: English Publication details: London Thomson 2003Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 257p. 24cmISBN:
  • 1861529635
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 658
Contents:
F. W. Taylor and scientific management
The Gilbreths and motion study
Henry Gantt and humanised scientific management
Henri Fayol and administration
Max Webster and bureaucracy
Carter Goodrich and the frontier of contol
Mary Parker Follet and dynamic management
Henry Ford and mass production
Lyndall F. Urwick and rationalisation
Elton Mayo and the Hawthorne experiments
Chester Barnard and the functions of the executive
Alfred Sloan and General Motors
Alfred Maslow and the hierarchy of needs
Peter Drucker and the practice of management
Frederick Herzberg and the motivation to work
Douglas McGergor and the human side of enterprise
Fritz Schumacher and small is beautiful
Harry Braverman and degradation of work
William Ouchi and Theory Z
Charles Handy and the future of work
Geert Hofstede and culture's consequences
Kenichi Ohmae and the mind of the strategist
Rosabeth Moss Kanter and the change masters
Summary: This text brings together a broad range of literature and academic research to provide an account of the origins and development of management theory from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Bibliography.
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F. W. Taylor and scientific management

The Gilbreths and motion study

Henry Gantt and humanised scientific management

Henri Fayol and administration

Max Webster and bureaucracy

Carter Goodrich and the frontier of contol

Mary Parker Follet and dynamic management

Henry Ford and mass production

Lyndall F. Urwick and rationalisation

Elton Mayo and the Hawthorne experiments

Chester Barnard and the functions of the executive

Alfred Sloan and General Motors

Alfred Maslow and the hierarchy of needs

Peter Drucker and the practice of management

Frederick Herzberg and the motivation to work

Douglas McGergor and the human side of enterprise

Fritz Schumacher and small is beautiful

Harry Braverman and degradation of work

William Ouchi and Theory Z

Charles Handy and the future of work

Geert Hofstede and culture's consequences

Kenichi Ohmae and the mind of the strategist

Rosabeth Moss Kanter and the change masters

This text brings together a broad range of literature and academic research to provide an account of the origins and development of management theory from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Bibliography.