Carolina QuotesThe Management Process School : This approach to management theory perceives management as a process of getting things done through and with people operating in organized groups. It aims to analyze the process, to establish a conceptual framework for it, to identify principles underlying it, and to build up a theory of management from them. It regards management as a universal process, regardless of the type that the environment of management differs widely between enterprises and levels. It looks upon management theory as a way of organizing experience so that practice can be improved through research, empirical testing of principles, and teaching of fundamentals involved in the management process.
Harold Koontz Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 175-6
- work
- "The Management Theory Jungle," 1961
- year
- 1961
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- p. 175-6
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