Management has always been part of human organization, but it is only in the last two centuries or so that it has been the central driver of economic activity, as companies have moved from family firms to hugely complex, multinational corporations with many layers of management.

John F. Wilson is Professor and Director of the Newcastle University Business School

• Part I: Introduction


• 1: An Introduction to Management History


• 2: A Theoretical and Thematic Framework


• Part II: Management and Organizations


• 3: British Management and Organization up to the 1940s


• 4: Comparative Management Systems up to the 1940s


• 5: British Management since the 1940s


• Part III: Managers in Context


• 6: Managers - The Social and Cultural Environment


• 7: The Development of Managers


• 8: Managerial Thought and Institutions


• Part IV: Managerial Functions


• 9: The Practice of Management - Labour


• 10: The Practice of Management - Marketing


• 11: The Practice of Management - Accounting and Finance


• Part V: Conclusions and Reflections


• 12: Conclusions


• Bibliography