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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807654003321

Titolo

The early sociology of management and organizations / / edited by Kenneth Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-46616-1

1-134-46617-X

1-280-05008-X

0-203-50782-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

The early sociology of management and organizations ; ; 2

Altri autori (Persone)

ThompsonKenneth <1937->

Disciplina

302.35

658

Soggetti

Management - Sociological aspects

Organizational sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1924 by Isaac Pitman and Sons Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; FOREWORD; AUTHOR'S PREFACE; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CHAPTER I THE SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BACKGROUND; CHAPTER II THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER III THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER IV THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FACTORY; CHAPTER V LABOUR MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER VI PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER VII TRAINING FOR INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; CHAPTER VIII CONCLUSION; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Taylorism was criticised for its over-simplistic view of what motivated the worker. Oliver Sheldon's theme was that though Taylorism had helped the development of a science of management, such work should not detract from the predominantly human job of the manager to manage. His work prefigures the human relations approach to management theory of Elton Mayo and F. J. Roethlisberger in rejecting the notion that economic incentives largely explain employee behaviour.