The Collapse of the American Management Mystique: An Interdisciplinary Journal o

Description: The Collapse of the American Management Mystique by Robert R. Locke This text discusses American management and the influence of the country in the 20th century. It should be of use to both business people and scholars and students of management, business and comparative management. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Every nation likes to believe myths about itself. Americans belief in the superiority of their managerial know-how seemed to be among those most solidly based in reality. Yet, Locke argues, despite its universal claims, American managerialism has never been more than a cultural peculiarity, one moreover whose claims to superiority had not been proved but assumed, on the premise that the best economy must have the best management. That premise, moreover, has notserved American managerialism particularly well, for in the 1970s a gap opened up between the mystique of American management and the reality of a mediocre American managerial performance. The mystiquecollapsed and those looking for best practice began to look elsewhere. Locke traces the evolution of American management in the postwar era - the phenomenon once described by Churchill as that ` clear cut, logical, mass production style of thought. He goes on to discuss in detail the views of such business writers as Chandler, Reich, Senge, and Deming. But the force of his critique rests on a thorough examination of alternative forms of management that grew up in WestGermany and Japan during the past decades. He argues that these alternative management forms have done a better job managing capitalist economies since the 1970s than has American managerialism. Infact, Locke asserts that American managerialism has become so dysfunctional that it threatens to undermine the prosperity of the American people, and Americas role in the future world order. But the book is not an essay in negativism. In the final chapter the author suggests ways that American management can follow in order to fulfil its original promise. Looking forward, Locke urges American management to unlearn much of the received wisdom and learn from the successesof others in order for the nation to enter the 21st Century with a management equal to the social and economic challenges. With an unusually wide-ranging knowledge ofmanagement and business thinking in the US, Germany, and Japan, and the historians ability to stand back and take the longer view, Locke has written a powerfully argued, eminently readable, and challenging book. Author Biography Robert R. Locke is Professor of History at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, and Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Reading. He is the author of several books on comparative management and business education, including The End of Practical Man: Entrepreneurship and Higher Education in Germany, France and Great Britain 1880-1940 (Jai Press, 1984) and Management and Higher Education since 1940: TheInfluence of America and Japan on West Germany, Great Britain and France (CUP, 1989). Table of Contents List of Tables Introduction 1. The American Management Mystique 2. German Obstinacy 3. Japanese Self-Absorption 4. The Mystique Vanishes 5. Quo Vadis Notes Bibliography Index Review `Robert Locke has written a readable and informative story about American managerial hubris which still has many chapters to run ... One wonders what lessons there are in all of this for Britain.Richard Giordano, Financial Times`Locke manages to combine academic validity with readability.The European`Its a challenging book which invites the reader to re-evaluate American managerial experience and to do so using the yardstick provided by successful foreign alternatives. Not an easy read but well worth the effort.The Glasgow Herald`business historians will benefit enormously from reading what is a highly personalised account of the so-called collapse ... The general thesis is provocative and many will benefit from Lockes insights into the American paranoia ... when historians come to consider the debate about late twentieth-century American competitive advantage they will find Locke extremely useful as a reference point for some of the relevant literature.John F. Wilson, University of Leeds, Business History, April 1997`This is a grumpy book...views are intorduced only to be summarily dismissed. Many of Lockes views are widely share.Paul Robertson. The Journal of Economic History. Long Description Every nation likes to believe myths about itself. Americans belief in the superiority of their managerial know-how seemed to be among those most solidly based in reality. Yet, Locke argues, despite its universal claims, American managerialism has never been more than a cultural peculiarity, one moreover whose claims to superiority had not been proved but assumed, on the premise that the best economy must have the best management. That premise, moreover, has notserved American managerialism particularly well, for in the 1970s a gap opened up between the mystique of American management and the reality of a mediocre American managerial performance. The mystiquecollapsed and those looking for best practice began to look elsewhere. Locke traces the evolution of American management in the postwar era - the phenomenon once described by Churchill as that ` clear cut, logical, mass production style of thought. He goes on to discuss in detail the views of such business writers as Chandler, Reich, Senge, and Deming. But the force of his critique rests on a thorough examination of alternative forms of management that grew up in WestGermany and Japan during the past decades. He argues that these alternative management forms have done a better job managing capitalist economies since the 1970s than has American managerialism. Infact, Locke asserts that American managerialism has become so dysfunctional that it threatens to undermine the prosperity of the American people, and Americas role in the future world order. But the book is not an essay in negativism. In the final chapter the author suggests ways that American management can follow in order to fulfil its original promise. Looking forward, Locke urges American management to unlearn much of the received wisdom and learn from the successesof others in order for the nation to enter the 21st Century with a management equal to the social and economic challenges. With an unusually wide-ranging knowledge ofmanagement and business thinking in the US, Germany, and Japan, and the historians ability to stand back and take the longer view, Locke has written a powerfully argued, eminently readable, and challenging book. Review Text `Robert Locke has written a readable and informative story about American managerial hubris which still has many chapters to run ... One wonders what lessons there are in all of this for Britain.Richard Giordano, Financial Times`Locke manages to combine academic validity with readability.The European`Its a challenging book which invites the reader to re-evaluate American managerial experience and to do so using the yardstick provided by successful foreign alternatives. Not an easy read but well worth the effort.The Glasgow Herald`business historians will benefit enormously from reading what is a highly personalised account of the so-called collapse ... The general thesis is provocative and many will benefit from Lockes insights into the American paranoia ... when historians come to consider the debate about late twentieth-century American competitive advantage they will find Locke extremely useful as a reference point for some of the relevant literature.John F. Wilson, University of Leeds, Business History, April 1997`This is a grumpy book...views are intorduced only to be summarily dismissed. Many of Lockes views are widely share.Paul Robertson. The Journal of Economic History. Review Quote This is a grumpy book...views are intorduced only to be summarilydismissed. Many of Lockes views are widely share.Paul Robertson. The Journal of Economic History. Feature Vital reading for anyone wanting understand the development of management ideas and practices Details ISBN0198774060 Author Robert R. Locke Language English ISBN-10 0198774060 ISBN-13 9780198774068 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 1996 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1932 Subtitle An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory and Criticism Short Title COLLAPSE OF THE AMER MGMT MYST Pages 368 DOI 10.1604/9780198774068 UK Release Date 1996-06-06 AU Release Date 1996-06-06 NZ Release Date 1996-06-06 Illustrations tables Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 1996-06-06 DEWEY 658.00973 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:6855917;

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