.... Management theory Organizational change © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 ...

...Maurice B. Line Lists the main themes of management theory and outlines how management practice can be very different. Notes that the reduction in job security and the increasing use of performance measures and targets should not mean a return to old and discredited ways of managing and working...

... books. The basic thrust of the book was that the Rational Model of Classical Management Theory no longer worked, and probably never had. Similarly, the Human Relations theories, while important historically, had also failed to achieve the desired results. More recent management theories involving...

... their relevance they are accessible to anyone. None of the ideas that follow is particularly original and much of it will be known already by those familiar with management theory. It simply brings together some other people's ideas on successful managing that are very persuasive. THE EFFECTIVE MANAGER CAN BRING...