Management, John Hendry
Management, John Hendry
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Management
A Very Short Introduction

Author: John Hendry

Narrator: John Hendry

Unabridged: 4 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/01/2021

Synopsis

John Hendry, a leading management scholar, looks at the nature and practice of management in this Very Short Introduction. Tracing the development of management over the last century, he looks not only at what managers do, but also provides an insight to modern management theory. He considers the influences of national and organizational culture, the relationship between power and domination, managing in different cultures, approaches to management, and at the accountability of managers and morality.

This is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in, or studying, business and management.

About John Hendry

John Hendry is a writer, teacher, and academic. He has spent much of his career working in and managing business schools and writing about the practice of management and business and financial ethics, but has also had a parallel life as a historian and philosopher of science and a historian of contemporary Britain. His most recent books focus on the art (and joys) of managing, on the ethical problems besetting the financial sector, and on the power and limitations of reason. John is a Fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge, and an emeritus professor at Henley Business School.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bojan on March 31, 2014

Once any organization reaches a certain size and complexity, it becomes inevitable and essential for it to structure itself along the hierarchical lines. Coordinating people in such an organization requires a certain level of skill and specialization, and this, in a nutshell, is what managers and ma......more

Goodreads review by Ryosuke on July 08, 2021

A good, concise overview of the discipline, or rather, the history of the discipline.......more

Goodreads review by Trevor on December 22, 2020

I've come away from this knowing very little useful information about management. I entered this expecting an overview of the main ideas of management. However, the author took his own path and extolled on the morality of management, the history of management and expounded many of his own pet theori......more

Goodreads review by Steve on January 05, 2018

A clever view of Management and Managers. Far better than a summary of management thinking it provides so interesting perspectives of its own. It provides areas of thought and other links that can be explored in more detail.......more

Goodreads review by George on August 30, 2024

Good Intro About to start my first management role and this was a good overview of the field. Rudimentary, sure, but insightful and good for getting managers to reflect on their role.......more

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