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The oldest, in point of development, of management schools (but still alive) were the ‘Classicists’, whose chief concern was with deducing from their often extensive business experience what they hoped were universal principles of management.
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For a detailed discussion of the two concepts, see Amitai Etzioni, ‘Leaders’ Control and Members’ Compliance’, in Gerald D. Bell (ed.), Organizations and Human Behavior ( Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1967 ) pp. 81–5
and also Talcott Parsons, Sociological Theory and Modern Society ( New York: The Free Press, 1967 ) pp. 297–382.
Frederick W. Taylor, A Piece Rate System ( London: Routledge, 1919 ) p. 34.
Taylor, Shop Management ( New York: Harper, 1911 ) p. 25.
Henri Fayol, General and Industrial Management ( London: Pitman Publishing Company, 1949 ).
Lyndall Urwick, The Elements of Administration ( New York: Harper and Bros., 1944 )
Lyndall Urwick, also The Pattern of Management, ( Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1956 ).
Hugo Munsterberg, Psychology and Industrial Efficiency ( New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913 ).
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is physiological, social, security, esteem, self-actualisation. For details, see A. Maslow, Motivation and Personality ( New York: Harper, 1954 ).
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Damachi, U.G. (1978). Schools of Thought. In: Theories of Management and the Executive in the Developing World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03586-1_2
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