The Oxford Handbook of Management Theorists

by Witzel, Morgen; Warner, Malcolm

• ISBN13: 9780198708827
• ISBN10: 0198708823
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-11-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Morgen Witzel, Centre for Leadership Studies, University of Exeter Business School, Fellow,,Malcolm Warner, Professor and Fellow Emeritus, Wolfson College, and Judge Business School, University Of Cambridge

Morgen Witzel is a well-known writer and lecturer on management, and one of the world's leading management historians. He is the author of eighteen books on management history, which have been translated into nine languages, and an extensive number of articles, essays, and reviews for various publications. He is currently a Fellow of the Centre for Leadership Studies at the University of Exeter Business School.



Malcolm Warner is a retired academic based in Cambridge and London. He is the author of over fifty books on management, many of which have been translated, and many articles, essays, and reviews on the subject. He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the International Encyclopedia of Business and Management: vols.1-8 (London: Thomson Learning, 2nd edition, 2002). He is also Co-Editor of the Asia Pacific Business Review. He has, in addition, been a frequent Visiting Academic at many campuses and business schools across the world. He is currently Professor and Fellow Emeritus, Wolfson College, Cambridge and the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Morgen Witzel and Malcolm Warner
PART I PIONEERS
2. Frederick Winslow Taylor, Robert F. Conti
3. Mind, Method, and Motion: Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, Bernard Mees
4. Henri Fayol, Jean-Louis Peaucelle and Cameron Guthrie
5. Mary Parker Follett, John Child
6. George Elton Mayo, Kyle Bruce
7. Lyndall Urwick, Andrew Thomson and John Wilson
8. Chester Barnard and the Systems Approach to Nurturing Organizations, Joseph T. Mahoney and Andrea Gabor
PART II POST-WAR THEORISTS
9. The Tavistock Group, Frances Abraham
10. Deeply Engaged, Intuitively Analytical, and Determinedly Applied: Tom Burns and Joan Woodward in Context but Not in Concert, Sandra Dawson
11. W. Edwards Deming, Milan Zeleny
12. The Life and Diverse Contributions of Dr J. M. Juran, Mohammed Zairi
13. Edith Penrose's Contribution to Economic and Management Scholarship, Christos Pitelis
14. Peter F. Drucker (Peter Georg Ferdinand Drucker), Peter Starbuck
15. Herbert Alexander Simon: Philosopher of the Organizational Life-World, J.C. Spender
PART III BUSINESS SCHOOL THEORISTS
16. Alfred Chandler's Managerial Revolution: Developing and Utilizing Productive Resources, William Lazonick
17. The Aston Studies: A Journey towards a Science of Administration?, Ray Loveridge
18. James March, Richard Cyert, and the Evolving Field of Organizations, Mie Augier
19. Geert Hofstede, Monir Tayeb
20. John Paul Kotter, Karl Moore and Alexandra Klein
21. Henry Mintzberg, Morgen Witzel
22. The Competitive Advantage of Michael Porter, John Mathews
23. Ikujiro Nonaka, Robert Pitkethly
24. Sumantra Ghoshal, Susan Segal-Horn
25. C. K. Prahalad, Peter Williamson and Keeley Wilson