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""The Encyclopedia of the History of American Management" offers a comprehensive reference source on the major contributors to America's economic development, business ventures, academia, consulting, and the thinking of others whose ideas have influenced the theory and practice of management. Prepared by knowledgeable scholars who have a longer and broader perspective, these sketches follow in the grand tradition of using biography to understand the people behind the ideas that influence our everyday life. Each entry provides a new insight into the subject's life, family, education, career, and some measure of his or her importance and place in history. This invaluable resource examines the lives and works of the prime movers, the giants of enterprise, the inventors and innovators, and the writers who have, in some manner, influenced how we view and how we practice management today."@en
""The Encyclopedia of the History of American Management" offers a comprehensive reference source on the major contributors to America's economic development, business ventures, academia, consulting, and the thinking of others whose ideas have influenced the theory and practice of management. Prepared by knowledgeable scholars who have a longer and broader perspective, these sketches follow in the grand tradition of using biography to understand the people behind the ideas that influence our everyday life. Each entry provides a new insight into the subject's life, family, education, career, and some measure of his or her importance and place in history. This invaluable resource examines the lives and works of the prime movers, the giants of enterprise, the inventors and innovators, and the writers who have, in some manner, influenced how we view and how we practice management today."
"Containing more than 250 entries, this unique and ambitious work traces the development of management thinking and major business culture in North America. Entries range from 600 words to 2500 words and contain concise biographical detail, a critical analysis of the thinkers' doctrines and ideas and a bibliography including the subject's major works and a helpful listing of minor works."@en
"Containing more than 250 entries, this unique and ambitious work traces the development of management thinking and major business culture in North America. Entries range from 600 words to 2500 words and contain concise biographical detail, a critical analysis of the thinkers' doctrines and ideas and a bibliography including the subject's major works and a helpful listing of minor works."
"Containing more than 250 entries, this unique and ambitious work traces the development of management thinking and major business culture in North America. Entries range fro 600 words to 2500 words and contain concise biographical detail, a critical analysis of the thinkers' doctrines and ideas and bibliography including the subject's major works and a helpful listing of minor works."@en
""This comprehensive reference source on American business and management includes over 250 in-depth entries tracing the development of management thinking and business culture in North America. The editor has adopted an inclusive policy, covering all the major developments in business cultures and management thinking and practice since the 17th century. There are entries on key figures in the study of management who have transformed our view of how businesses are run, including entries on Michael Porter, Philip Kotler, Donald Schon, Herbert Simon, Alfred Schandler, and Chris Argyris, as well as entries on important thinkers and practitioners as various as James Mooney, A.W. Shaw, Melvin Copeland, and Henry Poor. There are also numerous entries on people who pioneered management techniques in new industries, such as hospitals and tourism, film and media, computers and information technology, including figures as diverse as William Randolph Hearst, Samuel Goldwyn and Ray Kroc."--Homepage"