Management is dynamic, constantly changing and evolving. "Fifty Key Figures in Management" is a reference guide to the lives and work of the fifty most important figures in the development of the management of businesses and other large organizations, including well known and controversial figures such as Bill Gates, J.P. Morgan and Jack Welch. In addition to providing details of each individual and their contributions, the book as a whole gives readers an idea of how management has developed into its present form. Each entry includes a bibliography and cross-references to other entries, as…mehr
Management is dynamic, constantly changing and evolving. "Fifty Key Figures in Management" is a reference guide to the lives and work of the fifty most important figures in the development of the management of businesses and other large organizations, including well known and controversial figures such as Bill Gates, J.P. Morgan and Jack Welch. In addition to providing details of each individual and their contributions, the book as a whole gives readers an idea of how management has developed into its present form. Each entry includes a bibliography and cross-references to other entries, as well as a brief biography presenting the details of the figure's contributions and an analysis of the significance of their contribution to modern management.
Morgen Witzel is a historian of management and writer on business, Editor in chief of Corporate Finance Review and Deputy Editor of Mastering Management Online.
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1. Chris Argyris (1923 ) 2. Richard Arkwright (1732 92) 3. Charles Babbage (1792 1871) 4. Tomas Bat'a (1876 1932) 5. Max Boisot (1943 ) 6. James Burnham (1905 87) 7. Edward Cadbury (1873 1948) 8. Herbert N. Casson (1869 1951) 9. Alfred D. Chandler (1918 ) 10. Arie de Geus (1930 ) 11. W. Edwards Deming (1900 93) 12. Peter Drucker (1909 ) 13. Pierre du Pont (1870 1954) 14. Harrington Emerson (1853 1931) 15. Henri Fayol (1841 1925) 16. Mary Parker Follett (1868 1933) 17. Henry Ford (1863 1947) 18. Jay Wright Forrester (1918 ) 19. Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835 1901) 20. Bill Gates (1955 ) 21. Edwin Gay (1867 1946) 22. Frank Bunker Gilbreth (1868 1924) and Lillian Gilbreth (1878 1972) 23. Andrew Grove (1936 ) 24. Charles Handy (1932 ) 25. Henry J. Heinz (1844 1919) 26. Geert Hofstede (1928 ) 27. Ibuka Masaru (1908 1997) 28. Philip Kotler (1931 ) 29. Laozi (Lao Tzu) (6th century BC) 30. William Lever (1851 1925) 31. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 1527) 32. Abraham Maslow (1908 1970) 33. Matsushita Konosuke (1884 1989) 34. Marshall McLuhan (1911 1980) 35. Cosimo dei Medici (1389 1464) 36. Henry Mintzberg (1939 ) 37. James D. Mooney (1884 1957) 38. Gareth Morgan (1943 ) 39. J.P.Morgan (1837 1913) 40. Nonaka Ikujiro (1935 ) 41. Ohmae Kenichi (1943 ) 42. Robert Owen (1771 1858) 43. Tom Peters (1942 ) 44. Michael Porter (1947 ) 45. Herbert Simon (1916 2001) 46. Sunzi (Sun Tzu) (c. 4th century BC) 47. Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856 1915) 48. Toyoda Kiichiro (1894 1952) 49. Lyndall Fownes Urwick (1891 1983) 50. Jack Welch (1935 )