Management Innovators : The People and Ideas that Have Shaped Modern Business.
Title:
Management Innovators : The People and Ideas that Have Shaped Modern Business.
Author:
Wren, Daniel A.
ISBN:
9780198027713
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (208 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- 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.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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