Early life, the First World War, and glove-making -- Rowntree's -- The International Management Institute -- Writings in the interwar period -- Urwick Orr and partners -- Wartime -- British management developments from the 1940s -- A mission at large -- Later writings -- An evaluation
Summary
Lyndall Urwick was the dominant figure in British management between the late 1920s and early 1960s. This thoroughly-researched biography traces how his ideas and writings exercised a huge influence on management at the time ; and ultimately management as we know it today
