The Development of Professional Management : Training, Consultancy, and Management Theory in Industrial History (Routledge Focus on Industrial History)

Wilson, John F. (EDT)/ Jones, Ian (EDT)/ Toms, Steven (EDT)

Routledge（2025/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 124 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781032074535
• DDC分類 658.407124

Full Description

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on the development of professional management.

With contributions on consultancy and the training of consultants, Taylorism and its appeal to socialists, the social position of managers, and the growth of the managerial class, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history.

Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.

Contents

Introduction John Wilson, Ian Jones, Steven Toms 1. Models of Management education and training: the 'consultancy approach' Michael Ferguson 2. Visible hands and visible handles: understanding the managerial revolution in the UK John Quail 3. The evolution of education and training in British management consultancy Michael Ferguson 4. Marxist manager amidst the progressives: Walter N. Polakov and the Taylor Society Diana Kelly