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Management’s Three Eras: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

Gantt – developed theories that emphasized efficiency, lack of variation, consistency of production, and predictability. Writers such as Elton Mayo, Mary Parker Follett, Chester Barnard, Max Weber, and Chris Argyris imported theories from other fields (sociology and psychology) to apply to management. Townes, and Henry L.