Models of Management: Work, Authority, and Organization in a Comparative Perspective

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University of Chicago Press, 15 de out. de 1994 - 424 páginas
In this book, Mauro F. Guillén explores differing historical patterns in the adoption of the three major models of organizational management: scientific management, human relations, and structural analysis. Moving beyond Reinhard Bendix's classic Work and Authority, Models of Management takes a fresh look at how managers have used these models in four countries during the twentieth century.

Guillén's study of two liberal-democratic societies (the United States and Great Britain) and two corporatist societies (Germany and Spain) reveals significant differences in the way managerial elites and firms have adopted the three models. His data show that ideas themselves—independent of material interests and technology—can cause organizational change. Throughout the book, contrasts between modernist-technocratic and liberal-humanist mentalities, as well as between Protestant and Catholic religious backgrounds, emerge as decisive factors in determining managerial ideology and practice.

In addition to analyzing management methods in organizations, Guillén explores larger issues: the interaction among managerial, government, and labor elites; the impact of the state and the professions on managerial behavior; and the role that managers play in modern societies.
 

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The Comparative Study of Organizational Paradigms
1
The United States Economic Transformations Labor Problems and Organizational Innovations
30
Germany Modernism Traditionalism and Bureaucracy
91
Spain Eclecticism Human Relations and Managerial Authoritarianism in a LessDeveloped Country
152
Great Britain Industrial Retardation ReligiousHumanist Ideals and the Rise of Social Science
205
Comparing Patterns of Adoption
266
A Historical and Comparative Perspective on Homo Hierarchicus
281
Content Analysis of Journal Articles
305
Comparative Statistics
307
The Adoption of Scientific Management and Human Relations Techniques in the United States
313
A Systematic Comparison of Conditions and Outcomes of Adoption
323
Bibliography
335
Index
407
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