Peter Drucker is world-renowned for his innovative thinking in the ways of business management. His work turned management theory into a serious discipline among sociologists and he participated in ...

Classical and scientific management theories emphasize efficiency and task specialization through systematic study of workers ...

A popular saying holds that "the difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no difference." This witticism is especially relevant to management theory because many managers ...

Widely regarded as one of the most influential management experts in the early days of classical management theory, Mary Parker Follett developed foundational concepts that redefine how organizations ...

This guide to Peter Drucker's management theory explains its basic concept and how to apply it to your small business. Peter Drucker was an influential Austrian-American author, mentor and consultant ...

Sixty years ago, social psychologist Douglas McGregor developed two different theories — Theory X and Theory Y — about how managers perceive employees. Theory X managers are authoritarian. They ...

The core concepts involved in Theory of Mind are beliefs, desires, and intentions, which are used to understand why someone acts in a certain way or to predict how someone will act (Kloo et al., 2010) ...

In my recent book, Theories of Social Innovation, I propose different approaches to conceptualizing and understanding social innovation to move beyond futile efforts to agree on a single definition, ...