The Development of Professional Management
Training, Consultancy, and Management Theory in Industrial History
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
124 pages
978-1-032-07453-5 (ISBN)
Description
This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on the development of professional management.
With contributions on consultancy and the training of consultants, Taylorism and its appeal to socialists, the social position of managers, and the growth of the managerial class, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history.
Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.
With contributions on consultancy and the training of consultants, Taylorism and its appeal to socialists, the social position of managers, and the growth of the managerial class, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history.
Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Illustrations
1 s/w Zeichnung, 1 s/w Tabelle, 1 s/w Abbildung
1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
179 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-07453-5 (9781032074535)
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John F. Wilson | Ian Jones | Steven Toms
The Development of Professional Management
Training, Consultancy, and Management Theory in Industrial History
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07/2021
1st Edition
Routledge
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John F. Wilson | Ian Jones | Steven Toms
The Development of Professional Management
Training, Consultancy, and Management Theory in Industrial History
E-Book
07/2021
1st Edition
Routledge
€31.49
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John F. Wilson | Ian Jones | Steven Toms
The Development of Professional Management
Training, Consultancy, and Management Theory in Industrial History
E-Book
07/2021
1st Edition
Routledge
€31.49
Available for download
Persons
John F. Wilson is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business and Law) at Northumbria University, Newcastle. He has published widely in the fields of business, management, and industrial history, including ten monographs, six edited collections, and over seventy articles and chapters.
Ian Jones is a Senior Research Assistant at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, and won the John F. Mee Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management in 2018 for his contribution to the Management History Division.
Steven Toms is Professor of Accounting at the University of Leeds. He is a former editor of Business History. His research interests are focused on accounting and financial history and the history of the textile industry.
Ian Jones is a Senior Research Assistant at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, and won the John F. Mee Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management in 2018 for his contribution to the Management History Division.
Steven Toms is Professor of Accounting at the University of Leeds. He is a former editor of Business History. His research interests are focused on accounting and financial history and the history of the textile industry.
Content
Introduction John Wilson, Ian Jones, Steven Toms 1. Models of Management education and training: the 'consultancy approach' Michael Ferguson 2. Visible hands and visible handles: understanding the managerial revolution in the UK John Quail 3. The evolution of education and training in British management consultancy Michael Ferguson 4. Marxist manager amidst the progressives: Walter N. Polakov and the Taylor Society Diana Kelly