Witzel, Morgen

2009 Routledge

Management History is not simply a book about the history of business or even the history of management. The goal of this book is to demonstrate that despite the relative newness of management science as ...

2007 Palgrave

John Adair is one of the most important and influential figures in the world of leadership thought and practice. More than a million people have been trained using Adair concepts such as action-centred leadership. He ...

2005 Edward Elgar

More than 250 entries have been selected from the Biographical Dictionary of Management (published 2001) and put together to form this unique work that traces the development of management thinking and major business culture in ...

2004 Routledge

Using examples ranging from people management at Cadbury and the Enron crisis, this text provides an easy and jargon-free introduction to the principles and practices of modern management

2004 Edward Elgar

2004 Edward Elgar

The African-American slave trade was widely discussed in print by abolitionists (and supporters), but the arguments were often purely moral in nature. A few writers, however, attempted to bolster the moral argument against slavery and ...

2003 Edward Elgar

The downfall of Enron, Global Crossing, WorldCom and other large American firms, and the resulting shockwaves in the world economy, have brought the subject of corporate governance to the forefront of business thinking. As well ...

2003 Edward Elgar

Throughout the 19th century, American political and public opinion oscillated between protectionism on the one hand, and free trade or at least reciprocal tariff reductions with major trading partners on the other. Both parties used ...

2003 Routledge

China may soon be the biggest economy in the world. This book is a practical guide to business practices, market conditions, negotiations, organizations, networks and the business environment in China. Aimed specifically at Western and ...

2003 Edward Elgar

2003 Edward Elgar

In the two decades prior to World War I, a number of British writers and consultants had begun to address the problems of management in the modern world. Although they were aware of similar developments ...