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The Price of Power
Biography of Charles Bedaux who, among other activities, pioneered a route through the wilds of British Columbia and Yukon to Alaska - the Bedaux sub-arctic expedition in 1934 which left Edmonton on July 6, 1934. (Chapter 8).
Industrial Labour in India
This Book Has Been Written According To Syllabi Prescribed In M.A. (Sociology) And M.A. (Economics) In Indian Universities In The Papers Entitled: Labour Problems; Labour Problems In India; Labour Problems And Welfare; Labour Problems And Social Security Etc. With Analytic Presentation Of The Material Drawn From Authentic Sources; Holistic Approach In Controversial Matters; Narration In Simple Language; Examples Drawn From Indian Life And Questions For Exercise At The End Of Each Chapter, This Book Seeks To Serve As An Ideal Textbook For The Students And A Reference Book For The Teachers.
A Mental Revolution
"A Mental Revolution includes eight original essays that analyze how the scientific management principles developed by legendary engineer Frederick W. Taylor have evolved and been applied since his death in 1915." "Taylor believed that a business or any other complex organization would operate more effectively if its practices were subjected to rigorous scientific study. His classic Principles of Scientific Management spread his ideas for organization, planning, and employee motivation throughout the industrialized world. But scientific management, because it required, in Taylor's words, "a complete mental revolution," was highly disruptive, and Taylor's famous time-motion studies, especiall...
French Accounting History
French Accounting History: New Contributions illustrates the lively research activity in the field of accounting and management history in France, thus contributing to the dissemination of French research on an international scale. Based on a collection of diverse papers by French historians in this field which have been presented at various congresses, contributing authors give an overview of French accounting, the advent of the auditing profession and management control in France. This book aims to further strengthen the development of the community and knowledge base of accounting historians, not only in France but also internationally. This book is based on a special issue of the journal Accounting History Review.
F. W. Taylor
Following the volumes on Henri Fayol, this next mini-set in the series focuses on F.W. Taylor, the initiator of "scientific management". Taylor set out to transform what had previously been a crude art form in to a firm body of knowledge.
Hidden Agenda
How did the Duke of Windsor betray the allies and did his war time activity amount to treason? This book,the result of the author's research will seek to answer these questions.
Models of Management
This work explores differing historical patterns in the adoption of the three major models of organizational management: scientific management; human relations; and structural analysis. The author takes a fresh look at how managers have used these models in four countries during the 20th century.
Hitler's Aristocrats
Susan Ronald, the acclaimed author of Hitler's Art Thief, takes us into the shadowy world of the aristocrats and business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic who secretly aided Hitler and Nazi Germany.
The Last Romantic
Wheelock's (1886-1978) memoir is based on tape recorded interviews conducted in 1967 for the Oral History Research Office at Columbia U., with Wheelock's stipulation that they not be used until January 1, 1990. In addition to his writing of poetry as a schoolboy, and a Harvard apprenticeship, the text covers his career as a poet, his friendships with a wide range of literary figures, and the 46 years spent at Charles Scribner's Sons as an editor who assisted and then succeeded Maxwell Perkins as editor in chief. Bruccoli (English, U. of S. Carolina) is considered the leading authority on the House of Scribner and its authors. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The American Duchess
Wallis Simpson is known as the woman at the center of the most scandalous love affair of the 20th century, but in this “unputdownable…lively and detailed” (The Times, London) biography, discover a woman wronged by history with new information revealed by the latest research and those who were close to the couple. The story that has been told repeatedly is this: The handsome, charismatic, and popular Prince Edward was expected to marry a well-bred virgin who would one day become Queen of England when he ascended the throne. But when the prince was nearly forty, he fell in love with a divorced American woman—Wallis Simpson. No one thought the relationship would last, and when the princ...
