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Author: | Meier, K. Bohte, J. |
Title: | Ode to Luther Gulick: Span of control and organizational performance |
Journal: | Administration and Society
2000 : MAY, VOL. 32:2, p. 115-137 |
Index terms: | CONTROL ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE ADMINISTRATION |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Early management scholars such as Henri Fayol, Lydal Urwick, and Luther Gulick argued that principles such as specialization of labor and hierarchical leadership structures would result in optimal organizational performance. This perspective was attacked by Herbert Simon, who argued that the principles of administrative management were vague and contradictory. Simon's devastating critique was widely accepted, and scholars soon turned their attention away from studying the principles of management. |
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