THE MAKING OF MODERN MANAGEMENT

. W ILSON, JOHN F and THOMSON, ANDREW (2006) THE MAKING OF MODERN MANAGEMENT. Biddles Ltd.

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Preface xi List of Figures xiv List of Tables xv Abbreviations xvi PART I. Introduction 1. An Introduction to British Management History 3 Introduction 3 The Aims of the Book 4 The Origins of Management 6 Modern Management 8 The Evolution of Structure 11 The Managers 17 A Periodization of the Development of Modern Management in Britain 21 The Economic Background 23 Conclusions 24 2. A Theoretical and Thematic Framework 25 Introduction 25 Management in the Theory of the Firm 26 Schools of Management Thought 28 Managerial Approaches to Problems 31 Models of Organizational Growth 32 The ‘Drivers’ of Management Growth 37 The Themes of the Book 41 Conclusions 46 PART I I. Management and Organizations 3. British Management and Organization up to the 1940s 51 Introduction 51 Industrialization and Management to the 1870s 51 The Rise of Big Business 56 Interwar Progress? 65 The Banking Sector 69 Conclusions 73 4. Comparative Management Systems up to the 1940s 75 Introduction 75 The United States: Competitive Managerial Capitalism 76 Germany: Professional Proprietorial Capitalism 89 Japan: Collective Managerial Capitalism 98 Conclusions 106 5. British Management since the 1940s 108 Introduction 108 The 1940s and 1950s: Continuing Post-war Problems 108 The 1960s and 1970s: Dimensions of Change 117 The 1980s and 1990s: Managerial Capitalism 123 Conclusions 129 PART I I I. Managers in Context 6. Managers—The Social and Cultural Environment 137 Introduction 137 The Role of Elites 138 Public Attitudes towards Industry 139 State Attitudes towards Industry 142 The Psychology of Industrialists 144 Management as a Career 147 The Managerial Labour Market 149 Conclusions 155 7. The Development of Managers 156 Introduction 156 The Educational Context 157 Corporate Training and Development 161 The Role of Consultants in Development 164 Development through the Professional Institutes 166 Management Education and the Rise of the Business Schools 168 The Demand for Development 171 Conclusions 173 8. Managerial Thought and Institutions 176 Introduction 176 Early Managerial Thought 176 viii Contents The Interwar Management Movement 179 Towards a Body of Knowledge 183 Professional Institutes for Management 186 The Central Institute in Management 187 Other Professional Institutes 190 Conclusions 193 PART IV. Managerial Functions 9. The Practice of Management—Labour 197 Introduction 197 Early Dependence on Subcontracting 199 The Rise of Organized Labour and the Loss of Managerial Control 201 The Formalization of Bargaining in the Interwar Period 204 The Post-war Battle to Control the Shop Floor 207 The Assertion of Managerial Control: 1985–Present 210 Conclusions 213 10. The Practice of Management—Marketing 216 Introduction 216 Early British Marketing—The Heyday of Merchanting to 1870 218 1870–First World War: The Rise of Branding and Advertising in a Consumer Society 220 The Interwar Period and the Beginnings of Institutionalization 224 Post-Second World War: Towards Strategic Marketing 227 Current British Marketing 231 Conclusions 232 11. The Practice of Management—Accounting and Finance 234 Introduction 234 Accountancy and Industrialization 235 Associations, Divisions, and Roles 239 The Emergence of Financial Capitalism 242 Accountants and Business 246 Conclusions 250 PART V. Conclusions and ReXections 12. Conclusions 255 ReXections on the Frames of Reference 255 The Persistence of Personal and Proprietorial Capitalism 258 Management, Organizational Structure, and Transaction Costs 260 Social Attitudes towards Management and Industry 262 Contents ix The Slow Transition towards Professional Management 264 Managerial Growth and Change 267 ReXections on Managerial Capitalism and the Future 269 Bibliography 275 Index 293

Item Type:	Book
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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Date Deposited:	16 May 2023 03:53
Last Modified:	16 May 2023 03:53
URI:	http://eprint.ulbi.ac.id/id/eprint/1857

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