The Oxford Handbook of Management Theorists Oxford Handbooks in Business and Management

Concurrent with the increasing complexity of the field of management, the need to re-examine the foundations from which its theories have advanced has become ever more important and useful. "The Oxford handbook of management theorists" examines and evaluates the contributions that seminal figures, past and present, have made to the theory of management by providing in-depth, up-to-date, and detailed scholarly analysis of their ideas and influence. Chapters by leading management and management history scholars explore the origins of each thinker or school of thought and their ideas, and discuss the significance and influence in a broader framework. The Handbook contextualises each theorist and their theories, analysing their actions, interactions, and re-actions to contemporary events and to each other. It is arranged in three parts: pioneers of management thinking from Frederick Taylor to Chester Barnard; post-war theorists, such as the Tavistock Institute and Edith Penrose; and the later phase of Business School theorists, including Alfred Chandler, Michael Porter, and Ikujiro Nonaka. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in how and why management ideas have emerged, and the ways in which they are currently developing and will evolve in the future Cover Contents List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Abbreviations 1 Introduction PART I: PIONEERS 2 Frederick Winslow Taylor 3 Mind, Method, and Motion: Frank and Lillian Gilbreth 4 Henri Fayol 5 Mary Parker Follett 6 George Elton Mayo 7 Lyndall Urwick 8 Chester Barnard and the Systems Approach to Nurturing Organizations PART II: POST-WAR THEORISTS 9 The Tavistock Group 10 Deeply Engaged, Intuitively Analytical and Determinedly Applied: Tom Burns and Joan Woodward in Context but not in Concert 11 W. Edwards Deming 12 The Life and Diverse Contributions of Dr J. M. Juran 13 Edith Penrose’s Contribution to Economics and Management Scholarship 14 Peter F. Drucker 15 Herbert Alexander Simon: Philosopher of the Organizational Life-World PART III: BUSINESS SCHOOL THEORISTS 16 Alfred Chandler’s Managerial Revolution: Developing and Utilizing Productive Resources 17 The Aston Studies: A Journey Towards a Science of Administration? 18 James March, Richard Cyert, and the Evolving Field of Organizations 19 Geert Hofstede 20 John Paul Kotter 21 Henry Mintzberg 22 The Competitive Advantage of Michael Porter 23 Ikujiro Nonaka 24 Sumantra Ghoshal 25 C. K. Prahalad Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The handbook will evaluate the ideas and influence of 25 major management theorists, examining their impact on the evolvement of management as a discipline. The chapters will review the contributions of these theorists in light of their contemporary context and each other, from the pioneers to post-war theorists and later business school theorists