Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. F.W. Taylor and scientific management. 3. The Gilbreths and motion study. 4. Henry Gantt and humanized scientific management. 5. Henri Fayol and administrative management. 6. Max Weber and bureaucracy. 7. Carter Goodrich and the frontier of control. 8. Mary Parker Follett and dynamic management. 9. Henry Ford and mass production. 10. Lyndall Urwick and rationalization. 11. Elton Mayo and the Hawthorne experiments. 12. Chester Barnard and the functions of the executive. 13. Alfred Sloan and General Motors. 14. Abraham Maslow and the hierarchy of needs. 15. Peter Drucker and the practice of Management. 16. Frederick Herzberg and the motivation to work. 17. Douglas McGregor and the human side of enterprise. 18. Fritz Schumacher and small is beautiful. 19. Harry Braverman and the degradation of work. 20. William Ouchi and Theory Z. 21. Charles Handy and the future of work. 22. Geert Hofstede and culture consequences. 23. Kenichi Ohmae and the mind of the strategist. 24. Rosabeth Moss Kanter and the change masters. 25. Conclusions.

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Imperial College Managament School