
Management Innovators
The People and Ideas That Have Shaped Modern Business
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 21. May 1998
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-19-511705-9 (ISBN)
Description
The survey of the field of management begins with Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, who failed to create a successful business based on it, and ends with Peter Drucker, who is probably the most respected management thinker in America today, but who has never run a business. Each chapter of the book is devoted to a specific figure and describes not only that person's contribution to the field, but explores the wider social context in which the person lived and worked. Figures explored include: Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Richard W. Sears, Alexander Graham Bell, J. Pierpont Morgan, Frederick W. Taylor, Alfred P. Sloan, and W. Edwards Deming.
Reviews / Votes
"An eminently readable portrait of thirty-one of the business world's most influential figures over the past 200 years. Useful both for quick reference and as a definitive introduction to understanding historical, social, and economic trends. Wren and Greenwood's impressive range and grasp of the management process are manifest in the simplicity of their style and in the organization of the book."--Arthur G. Bedeian, Department of Management, Louisiana StateUniversity
"Outstanding research on this nation's most influential business leaders."--Alfred A. Bolton, Archivist, Management History, Academy of Management
"Practicing managers and management historians alike will find a wealth of useful information in these stories that are jam-packed with good advice and practical lessons. Wren and Greenwood show clearly that history lives!"--Richard Hodgetts, Division of Management, Florida International University
"By presenting in-depth profiles of inventors, financiers, entrepreneurs, organizers, and management experts, the authors provide a clear, informative look at the history of management. Further, the organization of the book conveys a progression from the history of management to the development of management thought. As a student and teacher of both areas, I found Management Innovators to be informative and inspirational."--Paul Lawrence Wilkens,
Professor of Management, Florida State University
"A tour-de-force of management thinking from (literally) Eli Whitney to Peter Drucker. What emerges is a clear mandate for the power of thought and the power of revolution. Stimulating."--Business Reader Review
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 24 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511705-9 (9780195117059)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Daniel A. Wren | Ronald G. Greenwood
Management Innovators
The People and Ideas that Have Shaped Modern Business
E-Book
04/1998
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€45.99
Available for download

Daniel A. Wren | Ronald G. Greenwood
Management Innovators
The People and Ideas that Have Shaped Modern Business
E-Book
04/1998
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€45.99
Available for download
Persons
Daniel A. Wren is David Ross Boyd Professor of Management at the University of Oklahoma and the Curator of the Harry W. Bass Business History Collection. He lives in Norman, Oklahoma. Ronald G. Greenwood, now deceased, was a widely published author on management and business history.
Author
Boyd Professor of Management, College of Business AdministrationBoyd Professor of Management, College of Business Administration, University of Oklahoma