Management Innovators: The People and Ideas that Have Shaped Modern Business / Edition 1

by Daniel A. Wren

Overview

A who's who of business, this book profiles 31 inventors, financiers, organizers, motivators, and gurus, giving readers a vivid, informative look at the history of management as seen through the lives of its influential figures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900195117058
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	04/28/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

Daniel A. Wren is David Ross Boyd Professor of Management at the University of Oklahoma and the Curator of the Harry W. Bass Business History Collection. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma. Ronald G. Greenwood, now deceased, was a widely published author on management and business history.

Table of Contents

Preface		ix
Introduction: A Revolution in Industry		3	(6)
I. BUILDING AMERICAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE		9	(124)
1. Inventors		9	(16)
Eli Whitney		10	(6)
Thomas Alva Edison		16	(9)
2. Makers		25	(25)
Cyrus H. McCormick		25	(8)
Andrew Carnegie		33	(8)
Henry Ford		41	(9)
3. Sellers		50	(19)
Alexander T. Stewart		51	(7)
Richard W. Sears		58	(11)
4. Movers		69	(21)
James J. Hill		72	(6)
Edward H. Harriman		78	(12)
5. Communicators		90	(15)
Samuel Finley Breese Morse		91	(3)
Ezra Cornell		94	(4)
Alexander Graham Bell		98	(7)
6. Financiers		105	(28)
Jay Gould		107	(13)
J. Pierpont Morgan		120	(13)
II. ORGANIZING AND MANAGING THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE		133	(104)
7. Working Smarter		133	(22)
Frederick W. Taylor		134	(6)
Lillian and Frank Gilbreth		140	(8)
Yoichi Ueno		148	(7)
8. Organizers		155	(15)
William C. Durant		156	(2)
Alfred P. Sloan Jr.		158	(5)
Chester I. Barnard		163	(7)
9. Motivators		170	(20)
Elton Mayo		171	(6)
Abraham H. Maslow		177	(5)
Frederick Herzberg		182	(8)
10. Leaders		190	(14)
Nicolo Machiavelli		191	(3)
Mary Parker Follett		194	(4)
Douglas M. McGregor		198	(6)
11. Quality Seekers		204	(22)
W. Edwards Deming		204	(9)
Joseph Moses Juran		213	(5)
Taiichi Ohno		218	(8)
12. Guru		226	(11)
Peter F. Drucker		226	(11)
Notes		237	(12)
Index		249

Editorial Reviews

Wren (management, Univ. of Oklahoma) and the now deceased business historian Greenwood present a condensed economic history of the lives of 31 individuals who have contributed to modern management methods. Represented are a wide variety of some of the greatest innovators in the fields of manufacturing, communications, inventing, finance, selling, and management. Many of those profiled (Eli Whitney, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, Frederick W. Taylor) can be found in secondary sources. However, the authors look at these individuals from a business and managerial point of view, which sets this book apart. The authors depict, in an easy style, the evolutionary process of idea to product to market and the changes that took place in the way people work. Snapshot views of economic history in "small doses" make this book appealing to students and managers who wish to gain some background information in this area. Recommended.Bellinda Wise, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.

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