Books in the Critical Evaluations in Business and Management series

Taking a humanistic approach to management, Peter F Drucker emphasises that it is people who create business, which in turn means that they have a crucial role in modern society. This collection gathers together key material to enable students and researchers to explore the impact of Drucker's ideas.

Chris Argyris (b 1923) is regarded as the founding father of the learning organization. His work has made substantial contributions to the understanding of organizational behavior, and action research. This book brings together some of the influential critical writing on Argyris.

Henri Fayol was one of the founders of 'classical management'. His work was the first significant attempt to develop principles of top-level management and one of the first to analyse the different activities that make up management.

This collection focuses on Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) the initiator of 'scientific management'. His methods have been associated with both massive increases in productivity and an obsession with control.

This collection includes evaluations of and responses to the contributions made by Henry Ford and the ways in which his influence helped shape the understanding of management practices.

This 2 volume set concentrates on the husband and wife team, Frank Gilbreth (1868-1924) and Lilian Gilbreth (1878-1972), the figures most closely identified with time and motion studies.

A wide-ranging and comprehensive survey of the literature on Deming's work and the reception and implementation of his ideas around the globe. John Wood from Edith Cowan University, WA and Michael Wood from Curtin University, WA.

This collection evaluates Mayo's role in shaping business and management studies into the present day. It includes a new introduction and an extensive annotated bibliography.

Hailed as the "uber gurü by the Economist¿ Tom Peters (b. 1942) is one of the most influential business thinkers of our age. He is the subject of this new collection from Routledges acclaimed Critical Evaluations in Business and Management series.

Alfred D Chandler (1918-2007) was the founder of modern business history. This title gathers together the key journal articles and other vital research on Chandler to enable students and scholars to explore the impact of his ideas. It features an annotated bibliography and a full index.

A biography of Alfred P. Sloan, who is credited with the invention of the modern corporation. He has had a profound influence on management thinking in America and much of the Western world through his unique, ahead-of-its-time, management style.