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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450740103321

Titolo

Management decision, incorporating the journal of management history . Vol. 43, No. 10 Management history: absorbing the past to understand the present [[electronic resource] /] / Guest editor David Lamond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005

ISBN

1-280-50987-2

9786610509874

1-84544-873-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LamondDavid

Disciplina

658.009

Soggetti

Management

Industrial management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; On the value of management history; Speaking about management education; The eighteenth century antecedents of bureaucracy, the Cameralists; Timeless advice: Daniel Defoe and small business management; British management theory and practice: the impact of Fayol; Fads, stereotypes and management gurus: Fayol and Follett today; Mary van Kleeck, Taylorism and the control of management knowledge; Maslow: man interrupted: reading management theory in context; Barnard on conflicts of responsibility

Contextual implications for transformational and servant leadershipStrategy in the Battle of Britain and strategic management theory; Note from the publisher

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of this e-book is to identify and chronicle the ways in which contributions by early writers in management have been (or at least could have been) absorbed into current understanding and can inform the future development of management ideas - the issue then, is about good theory and is, therefore, most practical.