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Russ Williams writes...

>I would like to hear about what everyone considers
>the all-time "classic" management books. I'm interested
>in what different people think as I want to develop a
>list of books which are consistently rated a classic.
>If you want to send me a list of your all time 5 favorite -
>feel free to do that too.

Mine are:

Scientific Management, Frederick Winslow Taylor

Papers on the Science of Administration, edited by
Luther Gulick and L. Urwick

Dynamic Administration: The Collected Papers of
Mary Parker Follett, edited by Henry Metcalf and
L. Urwick

The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization,
Elton Mayo.

The Functions of the Executive, Chester Barnard

The Modern Corporation and Private Property,
Adolph Berle and Gardner Means

The Practice of Management, Peter F. Drucker

Leadership in Administration, Philip Selznick

Management, Peter F. Drucker

Strategy and Structure, Alfred Chandler

The Nature of Managerial Work, Henry Mintzberg

In Search of Excellence, Peters & Waterman


I know, there are more than five listed, but who pays attention to limits?

Glenn Rowe attributes the following comment to me...

>Fred Nickol wrote:

>"I think it has more to do with process than logical structure. The
>thing about process is, once you have some comprehension about it you can
>carry it with you everywhere you participate."

Actually, someone else wrote that in response to a posting of mine.

Fred Nickols, Executive Director
Strategic Planning & Management Services
Educational Testing Service, Mail Stop 09-C
Princeton, NJ 08541
Tel = 609.734.5077
Fax = 609.734.5590
e-mail = fnickols@ets.org

Fred

I apologize to you and the person who wrote it. I used it because I thought
it was a good quote.

Glenn

At 07:51 AM 12/23/97 EST, you wrote:
>Glenn Rowe attributes the following comment to me...
>
>>Fred Nickol wrote:
>
>>"I think it has more to do with process than logical structure. The
>>thing about process is, once you have some comprehension about it you can
>>carry it with you everywhere you participate."
>
>Actually, someone else wrote that in response to a posting of mine.
>
>Fred Nickols, Executive Director
>Strategic Planning & Management Services
>Educational Testing Service, Mail Stop 09-C
>Princeton, NJ 08541
>Tel = 609.734.5077
>Fax = 609.734.5590
>e-mail = fnickols@ets.org
>
>

W. Glenn Rowe, Ph.D.
Director, Centre for Management Development
Faculty of Business Administration
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NF, Canada, A1B 3X5
709 737 7977
709 737 7999 (Fax)