La 4e de couverture indique : "De 1888 à 1918, Henri Fayol dirigea 10 000 personnes dans une entreprise minière et sidérurgique. Il y a acquis la base expérimentale sur laquelle il a fondé sa théorie de la gestion qu'il a publiée en 1916, L'Administration Industrielle et Générale. Le...

"Henri Fayol is one of the most important management theorists of the twentieth century. He worked as a managing director of the Commentary-Fourchambault et Decazeville mining company for thirty years (1888-1918) and wrote the seminal, yet unfinished, Industrial and General Management. Guthrie...

Adam Smith found inspiration in French texts on pin making to illustrate his theory of the division of labour. He used secondary sources that, we argue influenced his understanding of the strong division of labour and opportunities for productivity improvements in the pin-making industry. The...