We have accepted in the past, based on theoretical hypotheses, that managers plan, control and direct. Most management courses have been founded on this assumption. If it is wronp;, then have we not wasted enough time in the past? Is it not time to observe what managers do and build a theory of management which would be based on empirical research? Surely, as these writers postulate, our conception of management is perched on weak foundations.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.105320 |
Date | January 1969 |
Creators | Choran, Irving |
Contributors | Mintzberg, H. (Supervisor) |
Publisher | McGill University |
Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Format | application/pdf |
Coverage | Master of Business Administration (Desautels Faculty of Management) |
Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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