Builders And Dreamers : The Making And Meaning Of Management

Witzel, Morgan

ISBN 10: 0273654373 / ISBN 13: 9780273654377

Published by Financial Times Management, London, England, 2002

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297 pages: 6.25 x 9.5 in.: KB#005422: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. Dustjacket has traces of a gold publisher's stamp, reading "Special Copy" on backside, and a short cut along bottom edge. First Printing Number Line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Management has come of age. Almost unrecognized in previous centuries, the task of managing enterprise has become central to the modern world; a driving force of economic and personal life. Builders and Dreamers weaves the story of business past and future, showing how and why management has evolved to its present state. Stripping away some of the complex theories that have grown up around management over the years, this book unveils old doors to new money and provides examples of unchanging fundamental principles in management. There are some lessons in business that last. Builders and Dreamers will show you how the practices and philosophies of modern management have evolved over time, demonstrating how the fundamental principles of management are essentially timeless. This book allows managers to use history to their advantage. This is the story of our management past and future what management was, what management is and what management might be. Generations of managers come and go. Certain principles remain. Principles that can provide wisdom. Principles that allow understanding. Principles that spark inspiration. ". Seller Inventory # 005422

Bibliographic Details

Title: Builders And Dreamers : The Making And ...

Publisher: Financial Times Management, London, England

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket

Edition: First Printing.

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Synopsis:

Builders and Dreamers weaves the story of our business past and future, showing how and why management has evolved to it's present state. Stripping away some of the complex theories which have grown up around management over the years, this book reveals the unchanging, successful principles in management. Examples presented range from the Medici Bank to the East India Company; from the Cistercian order of monks - masters of organisation and innovation - to the military managers who have defined our modern concepts of strategy.
In business there are lessons from history that last and managers need to use these lessons to their advantage. In Builders and Dreamers, Morgen Witzel equips readers with a corporate memory that will enrich their judgement and renew their sense of management purpose.

About the Author:

Morgen Witzel

is a historian of management and writer on business. After taking a masters degree in Renaissance history from the University of Victoria, Canada in 1986, he emigrated to the UK and became a member of the research faculty at London Business School. He later spent five years at LBS helping to design and teach courses on business in China, and co-wrote a successful book, Doing Business in China. He has also worked with Durham University Business School and the Department of Trade and Industry.

At present, he is editor in chief of the journal Corporate Finance Review, and deputy editor of Mastering Management Review, published on the web by the Financial Times, where he also writes the series Management A to Z. He is a partner in two businesses, Western Writers Block, which provides services to the publishing industry, and Carucate, a research consultancy. He is also the editor of the Biographical Dictionary of Management, an important reference work containing biographies of more than 600 management thinkers and practitioners from around the world.

He believes that many of the boundaries within the study of business are artificial ones, imposed by the constraints of academia. To master management, he says, "managers need to study not only the traditional core concepts of marketing, organization behavior, finance and so on, but also look outside their discipline and study philosophy, psychology, military strategy, art, music and culture". Some of these ideas are contained in his book How to Get an MBA. He has written frequently on Asian models of business, and believes that Chinese classics like the Daodejing and the works of the Chinese and Japanese masters have much value in explaining how other cultures do business and tackle business problems.

Over the past three years he has written more than 300 articles for management journals and reference works.