Format:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780195117059
,
9780198027713
Content:
Presents a survey of the field of management, which begins with Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, and ends with Peter Drucker. Each chapter of this book is devoted to a specific figure and describes not only that person's contribution to the field, but also explores the social context in which the person lived and worked
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: A Revolution in Industry -- I. BUILDING AMERICAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE -- 1. Inventors -- Eli Whitney -- Thomas Alva Edison -- 2. Makers -- Cyrus H. McCormick -- Andrew Carnegie -- Henry Ford -- 3. Sellers -- Alexander T. Stewart -- Richard W. Sears -- 4. Movers -- James J. Hill -- Edward H. Harriman -- 5. Communicators -- Samuel Finley Breese Morse -- Ezra Cornell -- Alexander Graham Bell -- 6. Financiers -- Jay Gould -- J. Pierpont Morgan -- II. ORGANIZING AND MANAGING THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE -- 7. Working Smarter -- Frederick W. Taylor -- Lillian and Frank Gilbreth -- Yoichi Ueno -- 8. Organizers -- William C. Durant -- Alfred P. Sloan Jr. -- Chester I. Barnard -- 9. Motivators -- Elton Mayo -- Abraham H. Maslow -- Frederick Herzberg -- 10. Leaders -- Nicolò Machiavelli -- Mary Parker Follett -- Douglas M. McGregor -- 11. Quality Seekers -- W. Edwards Deming -- Joseph Moses Juran -- Taiichi Ohno -- 12. Guru -- Peter F. Drucker -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
Additional Edition:
Print version Wren, Daniel A. Management Innovators Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c1998 ISBN 9780195117059
Language:
English
Keywords:
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