The evolution of management thought

by Wren, Daniel A.

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Title Statements

Full title :The evolution of management thought / by Daniel A. Wren, David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus, the University of Oklahoma, and Arthur G. Bedeian, Boyd Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University and A & M College.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018
Edition:Seventh edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication:Hoboken, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

Notes

Includes index.

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Description:pages cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781119400271, 1119400279
oclc:ocn988027902
LC Classification:HD30.5
Dewey Decimal:658.009

Part 1. Early management thought. A prologue to the past ; Management before industrialization ; The Industrial Revolution: challenges and perspective ; Management pioneers in the early factory ; The Industrial Revolution in the United States ; Industrial growth and systematic management -- Part 2. The scientific-management era. 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 -- Part 3. The social person era. The Hawthorne studies ; The search for organizational integration ; People and organizations ; Organizations and people ; Human relations in theory and practice ; The social-person era in retrospect -- Part 4. Moving onward: the near present. Management theory and practice ; Organizational behavior and organization theory ; Science and systems in an information age ; Obligations and opportunities -- Epilogue.