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Title:

The Oxford handbook of management theorists / edited by Morgen Witzel and Malcolm Warner.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xix, 592 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Management--History.
Management--Philosophy.
Leadership.
History.

Other Authors:

Witzel, Morgen.
Warner, Malcolm.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

C.K. Prahalad / Peter J. Williamson and Keeley Wilson. 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.

Series:

Oxford handbooks.

ISBN:

0199585768
9780199585762

OCLC:

(OCoLC)813540778

LCCN:

2012537456

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)