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Title
Chester I. Barnard : innovator of organization theory / Kazuhito Isomura.
ISBN
9789819970391 (electronic bk.)
9819970393 (electronic bk.)
9789819970384
9819970385
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 248 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-99-7039-1 doi
Call Number
HM711
Dewey Decimal Classification
658.4/02
Summary
This book looks at Chester I. Barnard⁰́b9s theoretical and practical contributions to organization theory by examining his life, career, experience, intellectual relationships, philosophy, method, and theory. Barnard (1886⁰́b31961) is considered an innovator in the field with the publication of his seminal work, The Functions of the Executive, in 1938. But why was Barnard able to publish such a groundbreaking book despite the fact that he was a practitioner, not an academic researcher? In pursuit of that question, this book carefully investigates the background of his ideas about management, such as his experience, philosophy, and method. It then traces the process of how Barnard built his concepts of organization as it examines his books, published papers, unpublished manuscripts, and correspondence and systematically summarizes how he built his theory of organization and management. Finally, the author explores how Barnard⁰́b9s theory has the potential to be developed and put into practice by examining his important works after his publication of The Functions of the Executive, which is well known as abstract and difficult. Readers of this present book will come away with a clearer and more systematic understanding of Barnard⁰́b9s theoretical and practical contributions to the field.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 28, 2023).
Chapter 1: Introduction
-Part 1: Background of Barnard⁰́b9s management thought
Chapter 2: Barnard⁰́b9s personality and career
Chapter 3: Barnard⁰́b9s experience
Chapter 4: Barnard⁰́b9s intellectual relationships
Chapter 5: Barnard⁰́b9s philosophy
Chapter 6: Barnard⁰́b9s method
Part 2: Barnard⁰́b9s theory and practice
Chapter 7: Organization theory
Chapter 8: Management theory
Chapter 9: Autonomous order and responsibility
Chapter 10: Practical knowledge and thinking
Chapter11: Executive ability and leadership education
Part 3: Conclusion
Chapter12: Conclusion.
