Concept First: The Lives, Thoughts, and Eras of 13 Top Western Management Masters

Author: Andrea Gabor
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: As the American century draws to a close, after a decade of popularity for process reengineering and globalization, the author revisits the roots of American management ideas by exploring the concepts of a group of "capitalist philosophers" who talked about "people" rather than "technology"—13 management masters such as Sloan, Maslow, McNamara, Drucker, and Barnard. Through a calm lens of history, the author analyzes the popular new ideas that managers hear and see almost every day. For managers, this book is an absolute must-read management classic.