Mary Parker Follett, prophet of management : a celebration of writings from the 1920s / edited by Pauline Graham ; preface by Rosabeth Moss Kanter ; introduction by Peter F. Drucker.
Contributor(s): Graham, Pauline | Follett, Mary Parker.
Material type: BookSeries: Harvard Business School Press classics.Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, 1995Description: xix, 309 p. : port. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0875845630 .Subject(s): Management | Psychology, IndustrialDDC classification: 658Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00009901 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This selection of Follett's writings & lectures, delivered between 1925 & 1933, addresses critical management topics that are relevant for managers today: conflict, power, authority, leadership, control, the role of the individual in the group, & the place of business in society. Commentaries by Warren Bennis, John Child, Angela Dumas, Tokihiko Enomoto, Henry Mintzberg, Nitin Nohria, & Sir Peter Parker are featured. The book also includes a preface by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, an introduction by Peter Drucker, & an epilogue by Paul Lawrence. Their reflections underscore the contemporary significance of Follett's ideas & testify to the eloquence & truth of her observations.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Mary Parker Follett: Prophet of management / Peter F. Drucker -- Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933): A pioneering life / Pauline Graham -- Part One: The psychological foundations of business organization -- Relating: The circular response -- Constructive conflict -- Commentary Follet: Constructive conflict / John Child -- Power -- The giving of orders -- The basis of authority -- Commentary Mary Parker Follett's view on power, the giving of orders and authority: an alternative to hierarchy or a Utopian Ideology? / Nitin Nohria -- The essentials of leadership -- Commentary Thoughts on "The essentials of leadership" / Warren Bennis -- Co-ordination -- Commentary Some fresh air for management? / Henry Mintzberg -- Commentary Reflections on design and the third way / Angela Dumas -- The process of control -- Part Two: The individual, the group and society -- The individual in the group -- Commentary The individual in the group / Tokihiko Enomoto -- The individual in society -- Part Three: Business - the way ahead -- Business in society -- Commentary Most quoted - Least heeded: The five senses of Follet / Sir Peter Parker.