1st Edition

A Standardization of Selected Management Concepts

By Arthur G. Bedeian Copyright 1986
396 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

396 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1986. Since "modern" management’s beginning at the turn of the twentieth century, there have been pleas from management practitioners and academics alike to solidify the underlying foundation upon which it is based. However, until the field of management can boast of an all-inclusive and unified body of management theory, it will continue to remain without such a needed... Read more

Acknowledgements;  List of Tables;  1. Introduction  2. A Note on the Role of Theory in Management  3. A Review of the Literature  4. The Function of Planning  5. The Functioning of Organizing  6. The Function of Controlling  7. Summary, Recommendations and Conclusion;  Abstract;  Appendices;  Selected Bibliography

Biography

Arthur G. Bedeian