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Does anyone have any suggestions on good reference books on the history
of business management?
Thank You.

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Just about any major management text (e.g., Koontz & O'Donnell) will have a
segment on history and will contain descriptions of key historical events,
such as the Hawthorne Studies in the 1920's, that have lead to current
thinking and current research on management processes. For more detail,
you might take a look at Cass & Zimmer's (1975), MAN AND WORK IN SOCIETY:
A REPORT ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL HAWTHORNE STUDIES (New
York: Van Nostrand Reinhold). Also, Art Bedian at Louisiana State is now
editing a series of books with chapters written by key people in the
development of management thought -- people like Chris Argyris, Richard
Hackman, Warren Bennis. There is also the Management History Division of
the Academy of Management (www.aom.pace.edu) that is dedicated to recording
the history of the field. Finally, some of the major review volumes, such
as the March (1965) HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATIONS or Dunnette's (1976) HANDBOOK
OF INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, should be useful. Hope this
helps.

Best,

Larry E. Pate
University of Wisconsin-Madison


At 09:03 PM 9/28/98 PDT, you wrote:
>Does anyone have any suggestions on good reference books on the history
>of business management?
> Thank You.
>
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>

Dear Colleagues, Larry Pate provides a good starting point on learning some
highlights of management history. Let me also suggest the book, Writers on
organizations published by SAGE and edited by Derek Pugh & David Hickson
(famous OT scholars associated with the Aston Group/Travistock Institute).
While not chronological in its presentatio
Regards, Kim Boal


At 08:25 AM 9/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Just about any major management text (e.g., Koontz & O'Donnell) will have a
>segment on history and will contain descriptions of key historical events,
>such as the Hawthorne Studies in the 1920's, that have lead to current
>thinking and current research on management processes. For more detail,
>you might take a look at Cass & Zimmer's (1975), MAN AND WORK IN SOCIETY:
>A REPORT ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL HAWTHORNE STUDIES (New
>York: Van Nostrand Reinhold). Also, Art Bedian at Louisiana State is now
>editing a series of books with chapters written by key people in the
>development of management thought -- people like Chris Argyris, Richard
>Hackman, Warren Bennis. There is also the Management History Division of
>the Academy of Management (www.aom.pace.edu) that is dedicated to recording
>the history of the field. Finally, some of the major review volumes, such
>as the March (1965) HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATIONS or Dunnette's (1976) HANDBOOK
>OF INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, should be useful. Hope this
>helps.
>
>Best,
>
>Larry E. Pate
>University of Wisconsin-Madison
>
>
>At 09:03 PM 9/28/98 PDT, you wrote:
>>Does anyone have any suggestions on good reference books on the history
>>of business management?
>> Thank You.
>>
>>______________________________________________________
>>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>>
>
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Kim Boal
College of Business Administration
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409
(806) 742-2150
KimBoal@ttu.edu

Dear Colleagues, the end of my previous message got lost. The entire
message should read,

Dear Colleagues, Larry Pate provides a good starting point on learning some
highlights of management history. Let me also suggest the book, Writers on
organizations published by SAGE and edited by Derek Pugh & David Hickson
(famous OT scholars associated with the Aston Group/Travistock Institute).
While not chronological in its presentation, it provides a brief overview
of the work of 45 major scholars in the field of managment.

Regards, Kim Boal







At 08:25 AM 9/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Just about any major management text (e.g., Koontz & O'Donnell) will have a
>segment on history and will contain descriptions of key historical events,
>such as the Hawthorne Studies in the 1920's, that have lead to current
>thinking and current research on management processes. For more detail,
>you might take a look at Cass & Zimmer's (1975), MAN AND WORK IN SOCIETY:
>A REPORT ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORIGINAL HAWTHORNE STUDIES (New
>York: Van Nostrand Reinhold). Also, Art Bedian at Louisiana State is now
>editing a series of books with chapters written by key people in the
>development of management thought -- people like Chris Argyris, Richard
>Hackman, Warren Bennis. There is also the Management History Division of
>the Academy of Management (www.aom.pace.edu) that is dedicated to recording
>the history of the field. Finally, some of the major review volumes, such
>as the March (1965) HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATIONS or Dunnette's (1976) HANDBOOK
>OF INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, should be useful. Hope this
>helps.
>
>Best,
>
>Larry E. Pate
>University of Wisconsin-Madison
>
>
>At 09:03 PM 9/28/98 PDT, you wrote:
>>Does anyone have any suggestions on good reference books on the history
>>of business management?
>> Thank You.
>>
>>______________________________________________________
>>Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
>>
>
--------------------------------
Kim Boal
College of Business Administration
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409
(806) 742-2150
KimBoal@ttu.edu

Farhan asked:
Does anyone have any suggestions on good reference books on the history
of business management?

You might want to look at Stuart Cranier's "The Ultimate Business
Library--50 books that shaped management thinking." Don't know that
it's really a strong reference book, I found it to be a fun read.
Cheers,
Susie
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H. Susie Coddington, Ph.D., Coddington Learning Co.
5251 Patriot Lane, Ste. C., Columbia, MD 21045
410.992.9563 HS.Coddington@jhu.edu
Learning Never Ends . . .

Ellen,
I'm about to take on a similar, but smaller project. I will be looking
at comptencies for a pedorthic education curriculum.

I'm looking forward to the responses to your post. If you receive
private responses would you please share a summary of them with me.
Thanks!
Susie
--
H. Susie Coddington, Ph.D., Coddington Learning Co.
5251 Patriot Lane, Ste. C., Columbia, MD 21045
410.992.9563 HS.Coddington@jhu.edu
Learning Never Ends . . .