This book describes the millennia-long process of the genesis, formation, struggle, and change of views on the management of social organizations in various countries around the world; in other words, it characterizes the worldwide evolution of the History of Management Thought (HMT) - ideas, concepts, theories, paradigms, and scientific schools - from Antiquity to the present.

The book is the outcome of extensive research, based on the analysis, generalization, and systematization of foreign and domestic published literature, as well as on the gathering and analysis of unique archival materials. For the first time in the historical and managerial literature, the book puts forward original definitions of three historical and managerial sciences - the History of Management, the History of Management Thought, and the Historiography of Historical and Managerial Research. It addresses the main challenges in pursuing Historical and Scientific Research (HSR), the main "subject" levels of HSR and specific methodological problems concerning HMT, as well as epistemological methods for identifying key factors in and causes of the advent and evolution of HMT.

This book presents both the origins of management thought dating back to the 5th millennium BC and the latest management concepts of the early 21st century. In particular, it traces the origins and sources of management thought, reflected in the works of thinkers and statesmen of the Ancient World (Egypt, Western Asia, China, India, Greece, and Rome), the era of feudalism, and the Middle Ages (Byzantium, Western Europe, and England), the era of inception capitalism (Western Europe and the USA), as well as the new and recent history of management thought of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition, for the first time in History of Management literature, it presents the history of Russian management thought from the 9th century to modern concepts and scientific schools.

Autorentext

Vadim I. Marshev is the Distinguished Professor of the Moscow University and a Professor at the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University (Russia). His research and teaching expertise span across Organization Theory, General Management of Organization, Strategic Management, History of Management Thought, Change Management, Scenario-based Management, Family Business Management, Sport Management.

Prof. Marshev is also a renowned consultant in the fields of general management, restructuring, and strategy development. He is a member of the National Association of Independent Directors (Russia) and the Russian Institute of Corporate Directors. On the academic side, he is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Management Sciences" (Russia) and a Member of the Academy of Management (Management History division and Organization and Management Theory division).

Inhalt

Issues of Historical and Managerial Research.- Genesis Development of Management Thought From Ancient Times to the End of the XIX Century: The Origins of Management Thought (5th Millenium B.C. to the V Century).- Management Thought in the Era of Feudalism, Genesis and Emergence of Capitalism (V-XIX Centuries).- The Emergence and Formation of Management Thought in Russia (IX-XVIII Century).- Management Thought in Russia in the 1800-1917.- New and Newest History of Management Thought: Western School of Management of the XX Century.- Development of Scientific Basis of Management in Russia and in the USSR in 20th Centure.- Actual Problems and Concepts of Management.