Scientific management and the pursuit of control in Britain to c.1960

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 187-216

  Smith, Ian ^a   Boyns, Trevor ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Control; Piecework; Scientific management

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144455821     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200500121249     Document Type: Article

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