authors - titles 1930s - 1950s

Question 1

Elton Mayo

Answer 1

The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization (1933)
Managers cater to ‘social needs’ to ensure that employees collaborate with the official organization rather than work against it.

Question 2

Luther Halsey Gulick

Answer 2

Notes on the Theory of Organization (1937)

Question 3

Chester I. Bernard

Answer 3

The Functions of the Executive (1938)

Question 4

Fritz J. Roethlisberger

Answer 4

Management and the Worker (1939)

Question 5

V.O. Key, Jr.

Answer 5

The Lack of a Budgetary Theory (1940)

Question 6

Abraham Maslow

Answer 6

A Theory of Human Motivation (1943)

Question 7

Paul Henson “Big” Appleby

Answer 7

Big Democracy (1945)

Question 8

Dwight Waldo

Answer 8

The Administrative State (1948)

Government, in spite of the best efforts of many reformers, was not a business and not value free.

Question 9

Herbert A. Simon

Answer 9

Administrative Behavior (1947)
“satisficing” satisfy and suffice
“bounded rationality” rationality is limited by the information available

Question 10

Peter Drucker

Answer 10

The Practice of Management (1954)

Question 11

William H. Whyte, Jr.

Answer 11

The Organization Man (1956)

Question 12

Douglas McGregor

Answer 12

The Human Side of Enterprise (1957)

Question 13

David Packard

Answer 13

The HP Way (1957)

Management by Walking Around

Question 14

Charles E. Lindblom

Answer 14

The Science of Muddling Through (1959)

Question 15

John R.P. French and Bertram Raven

Answer 15

The Bases of Social Power (1959)