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1. Introduction
2. Definitions
3. Purpose of this talk
4. Why study the history of management?
5. Management is as old as civilisation
6. Management in the ancient world (1)
7. Management in the ancient world (2)
8. Early writers on strategy
9. Beginnings of management systems
10. The medieval world - the impact of technology
11. The medieval world - managing across borders
12. The Medici bank: the first multinational
13. Global businesses
14. The industrial revolution - key features
15. The industrial revolution - impacts for management
16. The first management scientists
17. The origins of marketing
18. Scientific management - the ideas of Taylor
19. Scientific management - the Gilbreths
20. Scientific management - Emerson
21. Scientific management - evaluation and impact
22. Business and society
23. Early theories of people management
24. The Hawthorne experiments
25. The human relations school
26. The impact of war
27. The 1950s - the return to science
28. The quality movement
29. Japanisation - challenge and response
30. Management in the internet age
31. Back to the future?
32. Thank you

Topics Covered

• Definition of management history
• Overview of key themes in management history
• Management in the ancient world
• Management practices of the Middle Ages
• The expanding world economy
• The impact of the Industrial Revolution on management
• The origins of scientific management
• The human relations school
• The growth of management science
• The origins of marketing and strategy
• Knowledge management
• The impact of the Internet and new technologies on management

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• The Origins and Development of Management

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• Management, Leadership & Organisation

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Publication History

• Published on September 27, 2010