Models of management : work, authority, and organization in a comparative perspective / Mauro F. Guillén.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guillén, Mauro F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative management.

Organizational sociology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 424 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1994]

Summary:

Figures and TablesPreface and Acknowledgments 1: The Comparative Study of Organizational Paradigms 2: The United States: Economic Transformations, Labor Problems, and Organizational Innovations 3: Germany: Modernism, Traditionalism, and Bureaucracy 4: Spain: Eclecticism, Human Relations, and Managerial Authoritarianism in a Less-Developed Country 5: Great Britain: Industrial Retardation, Religious-Humanist Ideals, and the Rise of Social Science 6: Comparing Patterns of Adoption 7: A Historical and Comparative Perspective on Homo HierarchicusAppendix A: Content Analysis of Journal ArticlesAppendix B: Comparative StatisticsAppendix C: The Adoption of Scientific Management and Human Relations Techniques in the United StatesAppendix D: A Systematic Comparison of Conditions and Outcomes of AdoptionBibliographyIndex

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226310353

0226310361

9780226310367

OCLC:

29797977