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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198296304
ISBN-139780198296300
eBay Product ID (ePID)1669591
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameManufacturing Rationality : the Engineering Foundations of the Managerial Revolution
SubjectIndustrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Management Science
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
AuthorYehouda Shenhav
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Business & Economics
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight18.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN99-037909
Reviews'Like all good books this one raises as many questions as it answers.'Robert R. Locke, Business History, 'Yehouda Shenhav shows that the American system of management requiredelaborate social construction. Managers had to justify thier existence vis avisowners and workers, and it took a great deal of effort to 'normalize' theirsocial power. This book makes an imortant critical contribution to ourunderstanding of how the large corporation emerged in the U.S and deserves to beread by anyone interested in the origins of Americans 'mangerialism'.'Neil Fligstein 18/03/1999, "Yehouda Shenhav shows that the American system of management required elaborate social construction. Managers had to justify their existence vis avis owners and workers, and it took a great deal of effort to 'normalize' their social power. This book makes an important critical contribution to our understanding of how the large corporation emerged in the U.S and deserves to be read by anyone interested in the origins of Americans 'managerialism."--Neil Fligstein, 'Yehouda Shenhav shows that the American system of management required elaborate social construction. Managers had to justify thier existence vis avis owners and workers, and it took a great deal of effort to 'normalize' their social power. This book makes an imortant critical contribution toour understanding of how the large corporation emerged in the U.S and deserves to be read by anyone interested in the origins of Americans 'mangerialism'.'Neil Fligstein 18/03/1999, 'Like all good books this one raises as many questions as it answers.'Robert R. Locke, Business History'This book is original and refreshing.'Robert R. Locke, Business History'the book tells an absorbing story.'Judith Maas, Bookshelf, Sloan Managment Review, Spring 2000.'Yehouda Shenhav shows that the American system of management required elaborate social construction. Managers had to justify thier existence vis avis owners and workers, and it took a great deal of effort to 'normalize' their social power. This book makes an imortant critical contribution to our understanding of how the large corporation emerged in the U.S and deserves to be read by anyone interested in the origins of Americans 'mangerialism'.'Neil Fligstein 18/03/1999
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal658.5
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Prophets of ManagementAmerican Engineers between Industrial Growth and Labor Unrest2. Engineering Rationality'System Shall Replace Chaos'3. Colonizing the MindThe Translation of Systematization to the Management of Organizations4. Contested RationalityDisturbances, Controversies, and Opposition to Management Systems5. Engineers, Labor Politics, and American Exceptionalism before 19006. Taming the ShrewSystems and Labor Politics during the Progressive Period7. Deus ex MachinaConcluding RemarksAppendixDescription of the Engineering-Management Literature
SynopsisManagement is a powerful mode of thought and code of conduct in the modern world, closely associated with the American way and a natural extension of economic progress. This is a book about the history of management and the origin of managerial rationality in the United States.
LC Classification NumberT56.S413 1999
