Book contents
- Management Tools
- Management Tools
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- How to Use This Book
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations for Thinking about Management Instrumentation
- 1 Theoretical Foundations
- 2 Traditional Approaches
- Part II Three Major Types of Social Science Approaches
- Part III Synthesis
- General Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Traditional Approaches
Management Tools in the History of Organisation Theory
from Part I - Theoretical Foundations for Thinking about Management Instrumentation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 July 2019
- Management Tools
- Management Tools
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- How to Use This Book
- Introduction
- Part I Theoretical Foundations for Thinking about Management Instrumentation
- 1 Theoretical Foundations
- 2 Traditional Approaches
- Part II Three Major Types of Social Science Approaches
- Part III Synthesis
- General Conclusion
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The diversion into the anthropology of techniques that we have just taken should not induce one to underestimate the contribution of authors more directly concerned with management and the tools it deploys. Such authors have left their mark in texts analysing the functioning, structure and development of organisations in order to improve their performance. Their work is brought together in a body of works called ‘organisation theory’. Several lines run through this literature and various classifications have been put forward. We shall now examine two of the better known among them.
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- Management ToolsA Social Sciences Perspective, pp. 32 - 54Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019