Papers on the science of administration / edited by Luther Gulick and L. Urwick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1892-1993.

Thompson, Kenneth, 1937-

Urwick, L.

Series:

The early sociology of management and organizations ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--Sociological aspects.

Management.

Organizational sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited collection includes contributions by Mary Parker Follett, Henri Fayol, James D. Mooney and Henry S. Dennison, and L. J. Henderson, T. N. Whitehead and Elton Mayo. The paper by Henderson, Whitehead and Mayo discusses the findings of the Hawthorne experiments. Whilst admiring the pioneering work of Taylor, these authors criticize scientific management on the grounds that it does not study the facts of human organization. The Hawthorne experiments revealed the importance of spontaneous social organization of the work group into a micro-social system.

Contents:

THE EARLY SOCIOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS; Copyright; Contents; I. Notes on The Theory of Organization; II. Organization as a Technical Problem; III. The Principles of Organization; IV. The Administrative Theory in the State; V. The Function of Administration with Special Reference to the Work of Henri fayol; VI. The Need For the Development of Political Science Engineering; VII. The Effects of Social Environment; VIII. The Process of Control; IX. The Pros and Cons of Functionalization; X. Relationship in Organization; XI. Science, Values and Public Administration

Notes:

Series editor: Kenneth Thompson.

ISBN:

1-134-46603-X

1-280-05754-8

0-203-50924-2

9780203509241

OCLC:

475895567