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151. Papers on the Science of Administration

     Edited by Luther Gulick, L. Urwick

     This edited collection includes contributions by Mary Parker Follett, Henri Fayol, James D. Mooney and Henry S. Dennison, and L. J. Henderson, T. N. Whitehead and Elton Mayo. The paper by Henderson, Whitehead and Mayo discusses the findings of the Hawthorne experiments. Whilst admiring the...

     Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge
152. Management and the Worker

     By William J. Dickson, F. J. Roethlisberger

     This is the official account of the experiments carried out at the Hawthorne Works of the Eastern Electric Company in Chicago. These were divided into test room studies, interviewing studies and observational studies. The test room studies were experiments into what variables in a workplace...

     Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge
153. Scientific Management

     By Frederick Winslow Taylor

     This volume comprises three works originally published separately as Shop Management (1903), The Principles of Scientific Management (1911) and Testimony Before the Special House Committee (1912). Taylor aimed at reducing conflict between managers and workers by using scientific thought to develop...

     Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge
154. The Philosophy of Management

     By Oliver Sheldon

     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...

     Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge
155. Early Sociology of Management and Organizations

     Edited by Kenneth Thompson

     The early development of the sociology of management and organizations has to be viewed in relation to the emergence, at the beginning of the twentieth century, of a 'Management Movement'. This movement took various forms. On the one hand, it entailed the formation of professional management...

     Published September 24th 2003 by Routledge
156. Frank and Lilian Gilbreth

     Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

     Series: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     Husband and wife, Frank Gilbreth (1868-1924) and Lilian Gilbreth (1878-1972), are the figures most closely identified with time and motion studies. Pushing F.W. Taylor's ideas to the limit, they sought ways to determine 'the one best way to do work'. Their lasting influence is evident in the fact...

     Published May 28th 2003 by Routledge
157. Operations Management

     Edited by Michael. A Lewis, Nigel Slack

     Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

     Operations management is concerned with the fundamental activity of organizations - how they provide goods and services. One of the earliest branches of business and management studies, the increase in international competition has seen a resurgence of interest in the development of the operation...

     Published January 22nd 2003 by Routledge
158. Entrepreneurship

     Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

     Edited by Norris Krueger

     Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

     Entrepreneurship has come a long way as an academic field, just as it has in our modern economy and society. Entrepreneurship provides a much needed retrospective view of academic work in the area.Scholars in the field approach entrepreneurship from a variety of disciplines and often exhibit little...

     Published November 6th 2002 by Routledge
159. Henry Ford

     Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

     Series: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     This collection includes evaluations of and responses to the contributions made by Henry Ford and the ways in which his influence helped shape the understanding of management practices.Henry Ford was an eccentric, and occasionally enlightened, thinker and remains a controversial figure today. He...

     Published October 2nd 2002 by Routledge
160. F. W. Taylor

     Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     Edited by John Cunningham Wood, Michael C. Wood

     Series: Critical Evaluations in Business and Management

     This collection focuses on Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), the initiator of 'scientific management'. Taylor set out to transform what had previously been a crude art form into a firm body of knowledge. His work is synonymous with breaking down tasks into the smallest detail, diagnosing the...

     Published June 26th 2002 by Routledge