The Evolution of Management Thought - Bedeian, Arthur G.

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Résumé :

About the Authors xv

Preface xvii

About the Instructor Companion Website xxi

Part I Early Management Thought

1 A Prologue to the Past 3

Our Goal 3

A Cultural Framework 4

The Economic Facet 4

The Social Facet 5

The Political Facet 5

The Technological Facet 6

People Management and Organizations 6

Human Activity 7

Organizations and Management 8

Summary 9

2 Management Before Industrialization 10

Management in Early Civilizations 10

The Middle East 10

The Far East and South Asia 11

Egypt 12

The Hebrews 13

Greece 14

Rome 16

The Roman Catholic Church 16

Feudalism 17

The Revival of Commerce 17

Cultural Rebirth 19

The Protestant Ethic 20

The Liberty Ethic 25

The Market Ethic 28

Summary 32

3 The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain 33

From a Preindustrial to an Industrial Society 33

The Steam Engine 34

Management: The Fourth Factor of Production 36

Management Challenges in Early Factories 37

The Labor Challenge 37

The Search for Managerial Talent 43

Planning Organizing and Controlling 44

Cultural Consequences of the Industrial Revolution 46

Working Conditions 46

Child and Female Labor 48

The Great Enrichment 50

Summary 52

4 Management Pioneers in Early Factories 53

Robert Owen: The Search for a New Harmony 53

Early Managerial Experiences 53

The Call for Reform 55

Charles Babbage: The Irascible Genius 57

The First Computer 58

Analyzing Industrial Operations 60

Andrew Ure: Pioneer in Management Education 61

Principles of Manufacturing 61

Charles Dupin: Industrial Education in France 63

The Pioneers: A Final Note 65

Summary 65

5 The Industrial Revolution in the United States 66

The American System of Manufacturing 66

National Independence and Economic Freedom 68

Early Industrial Development 69

Steamboats and Railroads: A Revolution in Transportation 71

The Communication Revolution 73

The Age of Rails 74

Daniel C. McCallum: System and Organization 74

Henry V. Poor: A Broader View of Management 77

Emerging Governance Issues 78

Summary 80

6 Industrial Growth and Systematic Management 81

The Growth of Big Business 81

Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business 82

The Emergence of Systematic Management 84

Engineers and Economists 84

The Labor Question 87

Big Business and Its Changing Environment 90

Business and Society: Barons or Benefactors? 90

Business and Labor: Uneasy Relations 96

Inventive and Innovative Impulses 97

Business and Government: Seeds of Reform 98

Summary of Part I 100

Part II The Scientific-Management Era

7 The Advent of Scientific Management 105

Frederick W. Taylor: The Early Years 105

Taylor at Midvale 106

The Search for Science in Management 108

The Quest for Improved Performance Incentives 110

Task Management 113

Taylor: The Manager and the Consultant 115

Taylor: The Peripatetic Philosopher 119

The Eastern Rate Case 121

Watertown and the Congressional Investigation 124

The Mental Revolution 129

Taylor and the Human Factor 132

A Final Note 134

Summary 135

8 Spreading the Gospel of Efficiency 137

The Most Orthodox: Carl G. Barth 137

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Sommaire:
The new edition of the canonical text on the history and development of management thought Far more than a chronicle of the historical development of modern management's many roots, the newly released ninth edition of The Evolution of Management Thought by Daniel A. Wren and Arthur G. Bedeian is a fascinating telling of how ideas about the nature of work, the nature of human beings, and the nature of organizations have changed throughout history. Its methodology is analytic, synthetic, and interdisciplinary. It is analytic, in that it examines the backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs of people who made significant contributions to management thinking. It is synthetic, in that it weaves developmental trends, social movements, and environmental forces into a conceptual framework for understanding how management thinking has evolved within and across generations. It is interdisciplinary, in that it draws insights from economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology to explain why management thinking has developed as it has. The authors trace the intellectual history of modern management thought as an activity and as an academic discipline in a way that makes reading The Evolution of Management Thought a thoroughly enjoyable encounter. Designed for upper-level and graduate courses, this new edition further cements The Evolution of Management Thought's place as the standard text in the field of management history for more than half a century....