Influential leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. came to world attention because of their almost uncanny ability to inspire and motivate people. As the manager of a small ...

A popular saying holds that "the difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no difference." This witticism is especially relevant to management theory because many managers ...

The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, Special Issue: "Total Quality" (Jul., 1994), pp. 392-418 (27 pages) We introduce this theory-development forum by comparing total quality and ...

This paper explores the use of contingency theory in the field of Management Information Systems (MIS). The development of contingency theory in MIS is compared to the development of organization ...

Frederick W. Taylor – widely regarded as the founder of scientific management – revolutionized how businesses operate by introducing time-motion studies, standardized processes and incentive-based ...

This guide to Peter Drucker's management theory explains its basic concept and how to apply it to your small business. Peter Drucker was an influential Austrian-American author, mentor and consultant ...

Flawed assumptions in business theory are pushing firms off course. Theory and education ought to encourage our students to creatively seek a “joint minimum” of costs and harm. This way, MBA can come ...