Major Works: Business, Management and Accounting

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141. Henry Ford V 2

     Edited by John Cunningham Wood

     Published November 10th 2004 by Routledge
142. Ergonomics

     Major Writings

     Edited by Neville Moray

     Ergonomics aims to design appliances, technical systems and tasks in such a way as to improve human safety, health, comfort and performance. It developed into a recognized field during the Second World War, when for the first time, technology and the human sciences were systematically applied in a...

     Published October 27th 2004 by Routledge
143. Ergonomics Mw Vol 1: Hist&Scop

     Published October 27th 2004 by Routledge
144. Ergonomics Mw Vol 2: Skill&Dis

     Published October 27th 2004 by Routledge
145. Ergonomics Mw Vol 3:Psych Mech

     Published October 27th 2004 by Routledge
146. Ergonomics Mw Vol 4: Manu Cont

     Published October 27th 2004 by Routledge
147. George Elton Mayo

     Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

     Series: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     George Elton Mayo (1880-1949) is widely recognized as the progenitor of the human relations movement in management and his work laid the foundations for later management and organizational thinking.Mayo's work highlighted the importance of communication between management and workers and identified...

     Published April 21st 2004 by Routledge
148. Alfred P. Sloan

     Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     Edited by John C. Wood, Michael C. Wood

     Series: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     Alfred P. Sloan is credited with the invention of the modern corporation. At the helm of General Motors from 1923 to 1946, he had a profound influence on management thinking in America and much of the Western world through his unique, ahead-of-its-time, management style.Sloan's leadership and the...

     Published October 15th 2003 by Routledge
149. Organization and Management

     Selected Papers

     By Chester I. Barnard

     Barnard was prompted by Vilfredo Pareto's seminal four volume work Mind and Society to apply his theories of sociology to management studies. Barnard's study of interaction between people in economic settings was contentious in that he concluded that human behaviour within these settings is largely...

     Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge
150. On the Shop Floor

     Two Studies of Workshop Organization and Output

     By T. Lupton

     Lupton's empirical study used real work groups rather than experimental groups working in post-war factories in Britain to arrive at a more sympathetic and informed appreciation of the reasoning behind the positions adopted by workers in their dealings with management, compared with the more...

     Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge