"For the past three thousand years people have been thinking about the problems of management. This book shows how … thinking about management has evolved and changed. It shows how changing social, political and technological forces have … challenged people to think about management in new ways, and how management thinkers have responded. Sometimes their responses …

The handbook will evaluate the ideas and influence of 25 major management theorists, examining their impact on the … evolvement of management as a discipline. The chapters will review the contributions of these theorists in light of their …