Handbook of Organizational Theory and Management : The Philosophical Approach

Chronologically arranged to demonstrate the evolution of ideas, this book explores major issues in public and government organization theory using classical philosophy. Containing over 2000 bibliographic citations, the book covers the influence Plato's ideas and Jesus' teachings on public administration theory, presents Machiavelli as the creator of the modern concept of public administration, details the effect of mercantilism on political governance, examines the ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Locke, Adam Smith, and David Hume in American government, discusses the importance of Woodrow Wilson, the Progressive Reform Era, and the Bureau Movement on public administration, and more. "This unique resource explicates the major issues in public and government organization theory using classical philosophy - covering and relating a broad range of individual philosophers as well as philosophic movements to public administration - from Plato to the postmoderns." "Containing over 2000 bibliographic citations, the Handbook of Organization Theory and Management is an invaluable resource for public administrators, consultants, organizational behavior specialists, behavioral psychologists, political scientists, sociologists, and graduate-level students in departments of public administration, psychology, management, education, and sociology."--Jacket Covering and relating a broad range of individual philosophers as well as philosophical movements to public administration, from Plato to postmodernism, this work examines major issues in public and government organization theory using classical philosophy There are infinite ways to see the realities of the world encompassing a complex subject like Public Administration.