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Re-Tayloring management : scientific management a century on

Title
Re-Tayloring management : scientific management a century on / edited by Christina Evans, Leonard Holmes.
Publication
Farnham, Surrey : Gower ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Evans, Christina, 1955-
  • Holmes, Leonard.
Description
xiii, 205 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
This edited volume looks critically at F.W. Taylor's philosophy on management and contrasts it with other perspectives that have emerged over the past century, against the background of the professionalization of management and the growth in business and management education.
Subject
  • Taylor, Frederick Winslow, 1856-1915
  • Taylor, Frederick Winslow 1856-1915
  • Principles of scientific management (Taylor, Frederick Winslow)
  • Industrial management
  • Industrial engineering
  • Management science
  • industrial engineering
  • Business and Management
  • Taylorismus
  • Management
  • Industrie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. I. Management in an Historical Context. Stem Cell, Pathogen or Fatal Remedy? The Relationship of Taylor's Principles of Management -- The Influence of Taylor on UK Business and Management Education -- Managerial Performance and the Expertise of Managing: Prescriptive, Descriptive or Ascriptive? pt. II. Taylor's Legacy in the Contemporary Knowledge and Service Economy. Call Centre Work: Taylorism with a Facelift -- Digital Taylorism: Hybrid Knowledge Professionals in the UK ICT Sector -- 'Taylorism' without 'Taylor'? Some Reflections on 'Taylorism' and New Public Management -- If It Moves, Measure It: Taylor's Impact on UK Higher Education. pt. III. Management a Century On: Contradictions, Dilemmas and Prospects. Modern-Day 'Schmidts': The Legacy of Taylorism in Elite 'Professional' Roles -- Job Design: From Top-Down Managerial Control to Bottom-Up 'Job Crafting' -- Continuities, Discontinuities and Prospects for the Future of Management.
ISBN
  • 9781409450757
  • 1409450759
  • 9781409450764
  • 1409450767
  • 9781472401656
  • 1472401654
LCCN
  • 2012040318
  • 40022485097
OCLC
  • ocn812687869
  • 812687869
  • SCSB-1694917
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library