A New History of ManagementAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 19 September 2017
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Establishes a new and critical perspective on management by reassessing interpretations of the subject's 'founding fathers' and the role of history in the development of assumptions about what constitutes good management theory and practice. It is for graduate students, researchers and students of business, organization, and management history.
Existing narratives about how we should organize are built upon, and reinforce, a concept of 'good management' derived from what is assumed to be a fundamental need to increase efficiency. But this assumption is based on a presentist, monocultural, and generally limited view of management's past. A New History of Management disputes these foundations. By reassessing conventional perspectives on past management theories and providing a new critical outline of present-day management, it highlights alternative conceptions of 'good management' focused on ethical aims, sustainability, and alternative views of good practice. From this new historical perspective, existing assumptions can be countered and simplistic views disputed, offering a platform from which graduate students, researchers, and reflective practitioners can develop alternative approaches for managing and organizing in the twenty-first century.
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