The evolution of management thought / Daniel A. Wren, David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus, The University of Oklahoma and Arthur G. Bedeian, Boyd Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University and A&M College.

Revised edition of the authors' The evolution of management thought, [2018]

Includes index.

"The practice of management is ancient, but the formal study of management, based on an evolving body of knowledge, is relatively new. Rarely, if ever, in human history has an activity emerged as fast as management and proven so indispensable so quickly. For a broad working definition, management may be viewed as the activity whose purpose is to achieve desired results through the efficient allocation and utilization of human and material resources. Management thought, the evolution of which is our primary focus, is the existing body of knowledge about the functions, purpose, and scope of management"--