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Peter Ferdinand Drucker (/ ˈ d r ʌ k ər /; German:; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern management theory.
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." [17] Her texts outline modern ideas under participatory management: decentralized decisions, integrating role of groups, and competition authority.
The management of the modern office is based upon written rules, which are preserved in their original form. Office management requires training and specialization. When the office is developed/established it requires the full working capacity of individuals. Rules are stable and can be learned.
Some see management as a late-modern (in the sense of late modernity) conceptualization. [38] On those terms it cannot have a pre-modern history – only harbingers (such as stewards). Others, however, detect management-like thought among ancient Sumerian traders and the builders of the pyramids of ancient Egypt.
The principles and practice of management. Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd, 1975. Brech, Edward Franz Leopold, The concept and gestation of Britain's central management institute, 1902–1976. Thoemmes, 2002. Brech, Edward Franz Leopold, The Evolution of Modern Management in Britain 1832–1979, 2002. Edward Brech, Andrew Thomson, and John F. Wilson.
Henri Fayol (29 July 1841 – 19 November 1925) was a French mining engineer, mining executive, author and director of mines who developed a general theory of business administration that is often called Fayolism. [2]
Fayolism was a theory of management that analyzed and synthesized the role of management in organizations, developed around 1900 by the French manager and management theorist Henri Fayol (1841–1925). It was through Fayol's work as a philosopher of administration that he contributed most widely to the theory and practice of organizational ...
Chester Irving Barnard (November 7, 1886 – June 7, 1961) was an American business executive, public administrator, and the author of pioneering work in management theory and organizational studies. His landmark 1938 book, The Functions of the Executive , sets out a theory of organization and of the functions of executives in organizations.