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Author Yaeger, Therese

Title Honoring Douglas Mcgregor and the Human Side of Enterprise
Published Bradford : Emerald Group Pub., 2011

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Description 1 online resource (98 pages)
Series Journal of Management History: Volume 17, Issue 2
Journal of Management History: Volume 17, Issue 2
Contents Cover; CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Introduction; Chairman Mac in perspective; Douglas McGregor: theoretician, moral philosopher or behaviorist?; Taylor, McGregor and me; McGregor's legacy: the evolution and current application of Theory Y management; On the legacy of Theory Y; Douglas McGregor's legacy: lessons learned, lessons lost; McGregor's legacy: thoughts on what he left, what transpired, and what remains to pursue
Summary The purpose of this e-book of the Journal of Management History is to re-visit, re-assess, and honor the work of Douglas McGregor, particularly his book The Human Side of Enterprise (1960), which is now more than 50 years old. The 1960 Human Side of Enterprise popularized the idea that managerial assumptions about human nature and human behavior are all-important in determining managers' styles of operating. This ebook is in line with the journals primary objective to reflect on the historical development of management concepts, by apprising current and future scholar and practitioners about t
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780857249241
085724924X