| Description |
xii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Early management thought. A prologue to the past -- Management before industrialization -- The industrialization revolution: problems and perspectives -- Management pioneers in the early factory -- The industrial revolution in the United States -- 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 person era. The Hawthorne studies -- The search for organization integration -- People and organizations -- Organizations and people -- Human relations in concept and practice -- The social person era in retrospect -- The modern era. Management theory and practice -- Organizational behavior and theory -- Science and systems in management -- Management thought in a changing world -- The past as prologue |
| Analysis |
Management History |
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Management History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-447) and indexes |
| Subject |
Management -- History.
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| LC no. |
93014609 |
| ISBN |
047159752X (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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