theory of jungle
The Management Theory Jungle
Author(s): Harold Koontz
Source: The Journal of the Academy of Management, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Dec., 1961), pp. 174-188
Published by: Academy of Management
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The Manageent
TheoryJungle
KOONTZ
HAROLD
University of California, Los Angeles
Although students of management would readily agree that there have been problems of management since the dawn of organized life, most would also agree that systematic examination of management, with few exceptions, is the product of the present century and more especially of the past two decades. Moreover, until recent years almost all of those who have attempted to analyze the management process and look for some theoretical underpinnings to help improve research, teaching, and practice were alert and perceptive practitioners of the art who reflected on many years of experience. Thus, at least in looking at general management as an intellectually based art, the earliest meaningful writing came from such experienced practitioners as Fayol, Mooney, Alvin
Brown, Sheldon, Barnard, and Urwick. Certainly not even the most
Author(s): Harold Koontz
Source: The Journal of the Academy of Management, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Dec., 1961), pp. 174-188
Published by: Academy of Management
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/254541 .
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The Manageent
TheoryJungle
KOONTZ
HAROLD
University of California, Los Angeles
Although students of management would readily agree that there have been problems of management since the dawn of organized life, most would also agree that systematic examination of management, with few exceptions, is the product of the present century and more especially of the past two decades. Moreover, until recent years almost all of those who have attempted to analyze the management process and look for some theoretical underpinnings to help improve research, teaching, and practice were alert and perceptive practitioners of the art who reflected on many years of experience. Thus, at least in looking at general management as an intellectually based art, the earliest meaningful writing came from such experienced practitioners as Fayol, Mooney, Alvin
Brown, Sheldon, Barnard, and Urwick. Certainly not even the most