Widely regarded as one of the most influential management experts in the early days of classical management theory, Mary Parker Follett developed foundational concepts that redefine how organizations ...

Whether they are motivating employees, making decisions, allocating resources or negotiating deals, managers are vital for business. Managers have been an integral factor for business success since ...

Many books have been written about management theory. There are books on scientific management, administrative management, bureaucratic management and classical management, to name a few theories.

Henri Fayol’s management theory – the foundation of administrative management – offers a timeless framework of 14 principles that continue to shape business leadership today. This foundational model ...

Is China now at the vanguard of a management revolution? Theories about how business organizations are managed over the past century have largely been of American or European origin. The founding ...

A popular saying holds that "the difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no difference." This witticism is especially relevant to management theory because many managers ...