ABSTRACT
E tho .nd ofWodd W" II to tho "dy .".nti". tho .nti" wodd "p"i,n"d wh.t the Japanese graphically called a "management boom." There were seven conceptual foundations to the management boom: (1) scientific management of work as the key to productivity; (2) decentralization as a basic principle of organization; (3) personnel management as the orderly way of fitting people into organization structures (which included such things as job descriptions, appraisals, wage and salary administration, but also "Human Relations"); (4) manager development to provide today for the management needs of tomorrow; (5) managerial accounting as the foundation for decision-making; (6) marketing; (7) finally, there was long-range planning.
