| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 244 pages) |
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polychrome. |
| Description |
data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction and problem : no institution of management knowledge -- The institutionalizing research university : rise of the scientific tradition -- The 19th-century business school : fall of the classical and rise of the vocational and school-of-opportunity traditions -- The 20th-century business school : integrating the vocational and scientific traditions -- Mary Parker Follett's unbounded relationality -- Chester Barnard's science of responsible experience -- Revisiting Barnard and Simon's private argument -- Integrating research and responsibility : collaborating with an executive -- Integrating education, research, and responsibility : experimenting with master's-level teaching -- Conclusion and solution : integrating the knowledge traditions and building a discipline of management. |
| Summary |
This book rediscovers lost sources in the work of Mary Parker Follett and Chester Barnard, providing a foundation for management as a unique and coherent discipline. By way of Follett and Barnard's work, the book demonstrates how the shared values, purposes, and customs of management and the humanities can be used to build an enterprise that will help to meet the challenges of business today. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Management -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Management -- Study and teaching. |
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United States. |
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Business schools -- United States.
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Business schools. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Skills. |
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EDUCATION / Higher. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: O'Connor, Ellen S. Creating New Knowledge in Management. Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an Imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012, ©2012 9780804770750 (DLC) 2011015038 (OCoLC)719673381 |
| ISBN |
9780804778374 (electronic book) |
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080477837X (electronic book) |
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9780804770750 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804770751 |
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