The genesis of modern management : a study of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
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The genesis of modern management : a study of the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
（Modern revivals in economic and social history）
Gregg Revivals, 1993, c1965
Available at 14 libraries
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Originally published: London : Edward Arnold, 1965
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Studies of the industrial revolution often ignore the problems of the management of large works - these were new, since earlier examples of controlling large numbers of men, such as armies of the builders of the pyramids, did not have to show a profit. The main problems are seen to have occurred in the management of labour, and in the construction of account which would help arrive at correct decisions. The owner-managers of the day had little to go on, and had to be as innovative as in the better-known technical innovations field. Some leading entrepreneurs developed satisfactory solutions, but management continued to be considered an art rather than a science, with little systematized knowledge.
Table of Contents
- Entrepreneurship and management - the limits of the inquiry
- large-scale enterprise on the eve of the industrial revolution
- the course of structural change in industry
- the managers
- the adaptation of the labour force
- accounting and management
- management theory in practice.
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