| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Oxford handbooks The Oxford handbook of management theorists |
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Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management
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| Contents |
Frederick Winslow Taylor / Robert F. Conti -- Mind, Method, and Motion: Frank and Lillian Gilbreth / Bernard Mees -- Henri Fayol / Jean-Louis Peaucelle and Cameron Guthrie -- Mary Parker Follett / John Child -- George Elton Mayo / Kyle Bruce -- Lyndall Urwick / Andrew Thomson and John Wilson -- Chester Barnard and the Systems Approach to Nurturing Organizations / Andrea Gabor and Joseph T. Mahoney -- The Tavistock Group / Frances Abraham -- Deeply Engaged, Intuitively Analytical and Determinedly Applied: Tom Burns and Joan Woodward in Context but not in Concert / Sandra Dawson -- W. Edwards Deming / Milan Zeleny -- The Life and Diverse Contributions of Dr J.M. Juran / Mohamed Zairi -- Edith Penrose's Contribution to Economics and Management Scholarship / Christos N. Pitelis -- Peter F. Drucker / Peter Starbuck -- Herbert Alexander Simon: Philosopher of the Organizational Life-World / J.-C. Spender -- Alfred Chandler's Managerial Revolution: Developing and Utilizing Productive Resources / William Lazonick -- The Aston Studies: A Journey Towards a Science of Administration? / Ray Loveridge -- James March, Richard Cyert, and the Evolving Field of Organizations / Mie Augier -- Geert Hofstede / Monir Tayeb -- John Paul Kotter / Karl Moore and Alexandra Klein -- Henry Mintzberg / Morgen Witzel -- The Competitive Advantage of Michael Porter / John Mathews -- Ikujiro Nonaka / Robert Pitkethly -- Sumantra Ghoshal / Susan Segal-Horn -- C.K. Prahalad / Peter J. Williamson and Keeley Wilson |
| Summary |
The handbook will evaluate the ideas and influence of 25 major management theorists, examining their impact on the evolvement of management as a discipline. The chapters will review the contributions of these theorists in light of their contemporary context and each other, from the pioneers to post-war theorists and later business school theorists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from home page (viewed March 18, 2013) |
| Subject |
Management -- History
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Management -- Philosophy
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Leadership.
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Leadership.
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Management.
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Management -- Philosophy.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Witzel, Morgen, editor.
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Warner, Malcolm, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191750342 |
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0191750344 |
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