"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...

Argues that despite the relative newness of management science as an academic subject, management itself has been around since ancient times. This book traces the development of management as a discipline, examining the way this evolution impacts management practice

"Management: The Basics provides an easy, jargon-free introduction to the fundamental principles and practices of modern management. Using examples ranging from people management at Cadbury and the Enron crisis to the marketing of fried chicken in China, the book explains key aspects of...