Collapse of the American Management Mystique

Name: Collapse of the American Management Mystique
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ISBN: 9780198774068

ISBN-10: 0198774060

ISBN-13: 9780198774068

Edition: 1996

Authors: Robert R. Locke

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This is a book on the history and "mystique" of American management--its development and diffusion to other countries, and its subsequent eclipse by Japanese and German approaches. In this work, Robert Locke traces the evolution of American management in the postwar era--the phenomenon once described by Churchill as that "clear cut, logical, mass production style of thought." He goes on to discuss in detail the views of such business writers as Chandler, Reich, Senge, and Deming. But the force of his critique rests on a thorough examination of alternative forms of management that grew up in West Germany and Japan during the past decades. He argues that these alternative management forms…

Book details

List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/18/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 366
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English



List of Tables


Introduction



The American Management Mystique



German Obstinacy



Japanese Self-Absorption



The Mystique Vanishes



Quo Vadis


Notes


Bibliography


Index