British management theory and practice: The impact of Fayol

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1317-1334

  Smith, Ian ^a   Boyns, Trevor ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Management history; Management theory; Scientific management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 28944446570     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510634895     Document Type: Review

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