Getting it right the first time: Alfred Chandler, anthracite coal, and the origins of American management

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 433-449

  Marens, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Management history; Organizational change; Organizational development; Organizational theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744370909     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510589805     Document Type: Article

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