Master of Management: World-Class Management Thinking

Author: (USA) Hookinsky Wang Hongli
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Why are the ideas of management masters so popular? These management theories were developed and evolved to meet specific management needs, and thus achieved success. A deep understanding of their concepts and principles will also make you an innovative and respected manager, and may even lead you to achieve accomplishments similar to theirs. Over the past century, thinkers like Taylor, Fayol, Maslow, and Peters have proposed various management ideas. Why are these ideas so popular? What is the secret to their success? This book is a compendium of classic world management literature, helping you to crown yourself as a "management master."
This is a sociological work on the application of management knowledge. The research highlights numerous cognitive and structural factors that contribute to enhancing the value of a management idea. Perhaps this book will also help promote the development of sociological studies on the application of management ideas. It aims to make a contribution to the application of social science knowledge. Knowledge is only a part of management strategies and decisions, but it plays a and extensive role. Because managers rely on knowledge to work, although management, organization, and social sciences are only a part of knowledge, they hold special authority in special circumstances. This is because it is a systematic and objective science, and it provides a wealth of vocabulary and terminology to describe problems and conceptualize them.
This book reminds managers, as consumers of management ideas, to pay attention to management concepts. Over the past century, many management ideas based on organizational theory and research have been proven effective, helping to improve labor productivity and increase employee job satisfaction, while others have had the opposite effect. This book hopes to provide useful guidelines and action plans for managers, consultants, and management instructors who aspire to achieve mastery by analyzing the elements and conditions of popular management ideas.