Author:
Hopper, Kenneth, 1926-
Edition Statement:New paperback ed.
Imprint:London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York bDistributed in the USA and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan , c2009.
Descriptionxxiv, 334 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Note:Originally published: 2007.
Note:Origins. The Puritan origins of American managerial culture ; The great migration of the 1630s ; 'Westward the course of empire takes its way' ; The profound influence of French technology -- Rise. Colonel Roswell Lee designs the prototype ; Dan McCallum creates the multidivisional corporation ; Frederick W. Taylor reorganizes the factory floor ; Pierre du Pont invents the modern manufacturing company -- Triumph. The golden age of American management (1920-1970) ; Three wise men from the West go to Japan -- Collapse : the cult of the (so-called) expert. Origins and nature of the cult ; Impact of the cult on the great engine companies ;The business schools as temples of the cult ; Impact of the cult on society ; The years that the Locust Ate (1971-1995) ; Dr. Deming rides to the rescue-- and fails (1980-1993) ; The third (or Sino-Japanese) Industrial Revolution -- Revival. The false dawn (1996-2000) ; The first light of the true dawn? (2001-2006) -- Appendix Twenty-five principles underlying good practice from the Golden Age of Management (1920-1970).
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references ([190]-324) and index
Note:Traces the origins and characteristics of American managerial culture which turned a handful of small colonies into the greatest economic and political power on earth, and argues that the energy, social mobility, competitiveness and capacity for innovation at the heart of that culture, have their origins in the discipline and ethos of America's first wave of European immigrants: the Puritans.
