MANAGEMENT - IDEAS AND ACTIONS

'Management- Ideas and Actions' is an integrative text covering essential concepts of management theory and history. Arguing that there are a series of recurring themes in management that have survived the tests of time and practice, it illustrates how ideas introduced in earlier periods of management thought are now practiced in today's organizations. The book strives to demonstrate that while management does have scientific foundations, evolving currents and themes, and revolutionary progress, its development is cumulative and evolutionary over time. Duncan believes that we shortchange the historical legacy of management if we limit ourselves to only contemporary interpretations, and that we seriously disadvantage tomorrow's managers if we do not share the 'wisdom of the clan' that has emerged over more than a century.