ABSTRACT

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on the development of professional management.

With contributions on consultancy and the training of consultants, Taylorism and its appeal to socialists, the social position of managers, and the growth of the managerial class, this volume provides an array of fascinating insights into industrial history.

Of interest to business and economic historians, this shortform book also provides analysis and illustrative case studies that will be valuable reading across the social sciences.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|35 pages

Models of management education and training

The ‘Consultancy Approach’ *

chapter 2|26 pages

Visible hands and visible handles

Understanding the managerial revolution in the UK

chapter 4|20 pages

Marxist manager amidst the Progressives

Walter N. Polakov and the Taylor Society

chapter |3 pages

Retrospective

Marxist manager amidst the Progressives: Walter N. Polakov and the Taylor Society