Management Classics Selection Second Edition

Author: Mao Yunshi
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Publish Date: 2006-03-02
Features: Modern management thought primarily developed in the 20th century. The publication of Taylor's Principles of Scientific Management marked the end of experience-based management and the beginning of the era of scientific management. After the 1940s, management studies experienced rapid development, with numerous management theories emerging and each claiming its own identity. According to Koontz, the number of management school theories increased from six in the 1960s to eleven in the 1980s, and there was a trend toward the integration of these schools, which might eventually lead to a unified and more useful management theory in the future. To comprehensively introduce modern management thought and cultivate readers' ability to read and translate English management texts, Professor Mao Yunshi of Sun Yat-sen University, a management professor and doctoral supervisor, wrote this book based on years of teaching experience in professional English courses in management. The book is organized into eight parts, covering management concepts, management functions, and management schools, with six intensive reading sections containing 23 lessons. Considering the differences in teaching resources and reader needs across various schools, as well as the requirements for self-study, the book includes flexible arrangements in content and organization: some extensive reading texts, reference translations for the first lesson of each intensive reading section, and 10 English-Chinese comparative reading materials, along with one reference document. This book is suitable for management disciplines in higher education institutions, including management science and engineering, business administration, public administration, and agricultural economic management. It can serve as a professional English textbook for MBA students, graduate students, and senior undergraduate students, as well as a reference book for teachers and managers in these fields, for self-study and further education.