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  2. Mary Parker Follett - Wikipedia

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    During the 1960s, her ideas would re-emerge in Japan, where management thinkers would apply her theories to business. [ 16 ] Management theorist Warren Bennis said of Follett's work, "Just about everything written today about leadership and organizations comes from Mary Parker Follett's writings and lectures."

  3. List of business theorists - Wikipedia

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    Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. - management, Pulitzer Prize for The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business (1977) Clayton M. Christensen; Alexander Hamilton Church - industrial management (1900s–1910s) C. West Churchman; Stewart Clegg; Ronald Coase - transaction costs, Coase theorem, theory of the firm (1950s) (Nobel Prize in 1991)

  4. Peter principle - Wikipedia

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    The cover of The Peter Principle (1970 Pan Books edition). The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not ...

  5. Theory of constraints - Wikipedia

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    The theory of constraints is an overall management philosophy, introduced by Eliyahu M. Goldratt in his 1984 book titled The Goal, that is geared to help organizations continually achieve their goals. [1] Goldratt adapted the concept to project management with his book Critical Chain, published in 1997.

  6. Philosophy of Management - Wikipedia

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    Philosophy of Management is a peer-reviewed academic journal that examines philosophical issues of management in theory and practice. The editor-in-chief is Wim Vandekerckhove. The executive editors include David Carl Wilson, Cristina Neesham, Eva Tsahuridu, and Vincent Blok.

  7. Literary theory - Wikipedia

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    Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. [1] Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history , moral philosophy, social philosophy, and interdisciplinary themes relevant to how people interpret meaning . [ 1 ]

  8. Thomas Troward - Wikipedia

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    In the opening of the 2006 film The Secret, introductory remarks credit Troward's philosophy with inspiring the movie and its production. [4] Troward was a past president of the International New Thought Alliance. Geneviève Behrend studied with Troward from 1912 until 1914; Behrend was the only personal student he had throughout his life. [5 ...

  9. Omnipotence paradox - Wikipedia

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    The paradox arises, for example, if one assumes that an omnipotent being has no limits and is capable of realizing any outcome, even a logically contradictory one such as creating a square circle. Atheological arguments based on the omnipotence paradox are sometimes described as evidence for countering theism.