The Making of Modern Management British Management in Historical Perspective [Hardcover]

The authors provide an historical account of the evolution of modern management in the UK. The book draws on archival and secondary sources and addresses such issues as the particular context of management in the UK; the development of management as a profession; management and economic performance; and the spread of management education and ideas.

Part I: Introduction
1. An Introduction to Management History
2. A Theoretical and Thematic Framework
Part II: Management and Organizations
3. British Management and Organization up to the 1940s
4. Comparative Management Systems up to the 1940s
5. British Management since the 1940s
Part III: Managers in Context
6. Managers - The Social and Cultural Environment
7. The Development of Managers
8. Managerial Thought and Institutions
Part IV: Managerial Functions
9. The Practice of Management - Labour
10. The Practice of Management - Marketing
11. The Practice of Management - Accounting and Finance
Part V: Conclusions and Reflections
12. Conclusions
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John F. Wilsonis Professor of International Business, University of Central Lancashire. He is author ofBritish Business History, 1720-1994(Manchester University Press, 1995) andFerranti. A History, Vol. I, Building a Family Firm, 1882-1975(Carnegie Publishing, 2000).Andrew W. Thomsonwas formerly Dean of the Open University Business School. He is author ofChanging Patterns of Management Development(with C.Mabey, J.Storey, C. Gray and P. Iles, Blackwell, 2001),A Portrait of Pay, 1970-1982: An Analysis of the New Earnings Survey(edited with M. Gregory, Clarendon Press, 1990).