Title The emergence of systematic management as shown by the literature of management from 1870-1900 / Joseph Litterer

Published London : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (329 pages) Series Routledge library editions. Management ; volume 44 Routledge library editions. Management ; volume 44 Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION -- Value and Purpose of Historical Studies -- Objectives of the Study and the Statement of a Thesis -- Thesis to be Proven -- Scope of the Study -- A Study of Management Literature -- Time Period Covered by the Study -- Study Restricted to the United States and Great Britain -- Exclusions From the Study -- Other Historical Studies of Management and Business -- Historical Studies of Management of the Period Beginning With Taylor -- Biographies -- Historical Studies of Management of the Period Prior to Taylor -- Studies of Special Areas -- Studies of Business and Economics -- Approaches to Management -- Sources Used in the Study -- Limitations of the Study -- Summary -- CHAPTER II. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF MANAGEMENT -- Background -- The High Wage -- Low Cost Controversy -- The General Economic and Business Setting After the Civil War -- Increased Industrial Output -- Effect of Railroads -- Industrial Prices -- Expanding Foreign Markets -- The Emerging Awareness of Industrial Problems -- Comparisons of American and Foreign Industry -- Comparison of Wages -- The Relationship of Opposing Views to the Literature of Management -- The Comparison and Analysis of American and European Productivity -- Workers and Their Productivity -- The Use of Machinery -- The Use of Resources on the Highest Productive Level -- The Limited Product Line -- Synthesis -- The Development of a Literature of Management -- The Literature of Management Prior to 1870 -- The Cameralists -- French Studies of Work -- British Studies of Factory Operations -- The Rapid Growth of Management Literature After 1870 -- Management Literature 1870 to 1900 -- Management Literature After 1900 -- The Growing Awareness of Management as a Concept After 1870 Concern With Areas and Techniques of of Management -- The Engineering View of Operating Management -- A Broadened View of Management -- The Content of Management Literature 1870 -- 1900 -- Policy -- Policy on Secretiveness -- Personnel Policies -- Policies on Promotion -- Organization -- Duties of a Manager -- Qualities and Background of a Manager -- Human Relations -- Management Practices and Activities -- The Teaching of Management -- Chapter Conclusions -- CHAPTER III. THE EMERGENCE OF SYSTEMATIC MANAGEMENT IN THE LITERATURE -- The Place of Systematic Management as a Type of Management -- Factors Making Systematic Management Necessary -- Size -- Limitations of People -- The Need for Information -- Handling Repetitive Tasks -- Management Succession -- Need for Coordination -- Systematic Management: A Description and a Definition -- A Definition of System -- A Definition of Systematic Management -- The Overall Development of Systematic Management -- Systems for Specific Purposes -- Company Wide Systems -- The Trend Toward Standardization of Identification and Instruction -- The Development of Staff -- Areas of Importance in the Development of Systematic Management -- The Development of Systematic Management -- CHAPTER IV. THE MAJOR AREAS OF SYSTEMATIC MANAGEMENT -- Internal Control -- Cost Accounting -- Historical Development to 1870 -- The Development of Cost Accounting From 1870 to 1900 -- Advances in Gathering Information -- The Concept of Overhead Expenses -- The Use of Cost Accounting To Management -- Estimating -- Analysis and Control of Internal Operations -- Accountability -- Summary and Conclusions -- Wage Systems -- Time Wages -- Piece Rates -- The Analysis of Piece Work -- Premium Plan -- Group Incentives -- Profit Sharing -- Summary -- Production and Inventory Control -- Production Control -- Economic Considerations The Organization of Production Control -- The Completeness of Production Control At The Turn of the Century -- The Control of Materials -- Chapter Summary -- CHAPTER V. THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT OF SYSTEMATIC MANAGEMENT AND ITS PLACE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT LITERATURE -- Relationship Between the Practices of Management and the Writers of Systematic Management -- Alexander Hamilton Church -- Hugo Diemer -- Fredrick Halsey -- Joseph Slater Lewis -- Henry Metcalf -- Oberlin Smith -- Henry Rolinson Towne -- Horace L. Arnold -- Relationship Between Systematic and Scientific Management -- Relationship Between the Writers of Systematic Management and Those of Scientific Management -- The Foundations of Scientific Management Provided By Systematic Management -- Distinction Between Systematic and Scientific Management -- Summary of the Relationship Between Systematic and Scientific Management -- The Development, Impact and Significance of Systematic Management as Revealed Through the Literature -- The Search For a Means of Coordination -- The Basic Elements of a System -- The Emergence of Systems -- Growth Patterns of Systems -- Staffing and Location Patterns of Systems -- The Effect of Systems on the Operation of Management -- Supplying Information -- Precise Terminology -- Specification of Duties -- Prepared Solutions -- Increased Control -- Increased Centralization -- Implications of Systematic Management for Managers -- General Statement of Findings in the Study -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX A Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 14, 2018) Subject Management -- United States -- History -- 19th century Industrial management -- United States -- History -- 19th century Management literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior. Industrial management Management Management literature United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781351260909 1351260901 9781351260916 135126091X 9781351260893 1351260898 9781351260923 1351260928

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