The evolution of management thought / Daniel A. Wren and Arthur G. Bedeian
Imprint
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; c2009
Edition
6th ed
Descript
xxvii, 532 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
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 advent of scientific management -- Spreading the gospel of efficiency -- The human factor: preparing the way -- The emergence of the management process and organization theory -- Scientific management in theory and practice -- Scientific management in retrospect -- The Hawthorne studies -- The search for organization integration -- People and organizations -- Organizations and people -- Human relations in concept and practice -- The social person era inretrospect -- Management theory and practice -- Organizational behavior and organization theory -- Science and systems in management -- Obligations and opportunities -- Epilogue