What makes a good manager? Though we can probably all point to someone we think of as a good manager, what precisely makes them so good at their job is a complex question – and one central to good business organization. Management scholar Douglas McGregor’s seminal 1960 book The Human Side of Enterprise is perhaps the most influential attempt to answer that question, and provides an excellent example of strong evaluative and reasoning skills in action. Evaluation is all about judging the strength and weakness of positions: a critical evaluation asks how acceptable a line of reasoning is, how adequate, relevant and convincing the evidence is. McGregor sought to find out what makes a good manager by evaluating different management approaches, their assumptions about human behavior, and effects they had. In his view, management approaches could be roughly broken down into two “theories”: Theory X, which held a negative idea of employee motivations; and Theory Y, which made positive assumptions about them. In McGregor’s evaluation, Theory Y produced markedly better results in productivity and other measurable areas. On this basis, McGregor reasoned out a strong, persuasive argument for adopting Theory Y strategies on a grand scale.

Committee Serial No. 4. Considers H.R. 6637, to authorize Commerce Dept to establish a fire research and safety center.

While in many university courses attention is given to the human side, as opposed to the technical side of engineering, it is by and large an afterthought. Engineering is, however, a technical, social, and personal activity. Several studies show that engineering is a community activity of professionals in which communication is central to the engineering task. Increasingly, technology impacts everyone in society. Acting as a professional community, engineers have an awesome power to influence society but they can only act for the common good if they understand the nature of our society. To achieve such understanding they have to understand themselves. This book is about understanding ourselves in order to understand others, and understanding others in order to understand ourselves in the context of engineering and the society it serves. To achieve this understanding this book takes the reader on 12 intellectual journeys that frame the big questions confronting the engineering professions.

This unique work bridges the gap between theory and practice in organizational behavior. It provides a practical guide to real-life applications of the 35 most significant theories in the field. The author describes each theory, and then analyzes its usefulness and importance to the successful practice of management. His analysis covers key managerial topics such as goal setting, training and development, assessment, job enrichment, influence processes, decision-making, group processes, organizational development, organizational structuring, and effective organizational operation.

Traces the modern research and development center from its dual origin when David Taylor and George Melville brought science and technology to the emerging steam-driven steel fleet, through a full century of modernization and several reorganizations. Details the constant work to transform vision into reality, and to keep innovation flowing from cutting-edge science and technology into the Navy's ships and submarines.

The examining team reviewed P3 Study Text covers all the relevant ACCA P3 syllabus topics. It explores the theories behind the key areas of Business Analysis and demonstrates how these theories are put in to practice. Detailed examples throughout the text will help build your understanding and reinforce learning.

Peter Drucker was timely and inopportune at the same time. It is clear that from his continual formation there has been born a singular, and at the same time multi-faceted, philosophy, which is deliberately difficult to summarize. This book shows the lesser-known side of Peter Drucker as far as his views on his own ideas are concerned.

Zu seinen Lebzeiten hat Abraham Maslow zwei Revolutionen angezettelt - eine in der Psychologie, die andere in der Unternehmenswelt. Für viele ist Maslow ein Begriff wegen seiner bahnbrechenden Theorien zur Selbstverwirklichung und zur Bedürfnishierarchie. In der Unternehmenswelt haben seine Gedanken zum menschlichen Verhalten am Arbeitsplatz eine Reihe bahnbrechender Managemententscheidungen bewirkt, wie z.B. lernende Organisationen, aufgeklärtes Management und Theorie X. Diese Sammlung von Schriften, bestehend aus bislang unveröffentlichten Essays und Briefen sowie Auszügen aus "Maslow on Management" und "Toward a Psychology of Being" ist eine hervorragende Einführung für Leser, die sich zum ersten Mal mit Maslows Managementideen auseinandersetzen.