The evolution of management thought
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The evolution of management thought
(Wiley series in management)
Wiley, c1987
3rd ed.
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Note
Bibliography: p. 428-432
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This revised edition refines and expands the materials of the earlier editions by incorporating recent research findings and bringing developments up to date. It traces the evolution of management thought from its earliest days to the present, examining the backgrounds, ideas and influence of the major contributors. Outlining significant eras and analyzing various trends and movements, it clearly illustrates the impact of environmental forces on the development of ideas. New material stresses the growing internationalism of management thought, incorporating recent findings about the antecedents of industrial sociology, the Hawthorne experiments, Henri Fayol and the contribution of women.
Table of Contents
- EARLY MANAGEMENT THOUGHT: A Prologue to the Past
- Management Before Industrialization
- The Industrial Revolution: Problems and Perspectives
- Management Pioneers in the Early Factory
- The Industrial Revolution in America
- Industrial Growth and Systematic Management
- THE SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT ERA: The Advent of Scientific Management
- Spreading the Gospel of Efficiency
- The Human Factor: Preparing the Way
- The Emergence of Management and Organization Theory
- Scientific Management in Theory and Practice
- Scientific Management in Retrospect
- THE SOCIAL MAN ERA: The Hawthorne Experiments
- The Search for Organizational Integration
- People and Organizations
- Organizations and People
- Management Science: The Search for Order
- The Past as Prologue
- Indexes.
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