Textbook on the evolution of management theory - traces historical aspects, consequences of industrialization for industrial management, the advent of scientifi

Rev. ed. of: The evolution of management thought. 4th ed. c1994

Of all the sciences and social sciences, management is the one that most deliberately turns its back on the past. Yet management as we know it today did not spr

This book describes the millennia-long process of the genesis, formation, struggle, and change of views on the management of social organizations in various cou