Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Part I: Before the Institutionalization of Business Administration as a Science.- 1. Early Devices and Techniques in Western Asia and the Near East.- 2. Management of Homes, Estates and Trade in Europe until the Middle Ages.- 3. The age of Enlightenment and beyond in Europe.- 4. Three Streams of Economic Knowledge Generation in 19th Century Europe.- Part II: Criteria for Business Administration as a Science.- 5. Indicators of a Science and Models of its Development.- 6. Scientific Progress in General and in Business Administration.- 7. Emerging Scientific Infrastructure for Business Administration.- Part III: The Institutionalized Science.- 8. In Search of an Objective Function and a Name.- 9. Decline under Political Influences and two New Beginnings - the Cases of Germany.- 10. Sketches on Developing Specializations.- Part IV: Limitations, further Needs and Lessons Learned.- 11. Limitations and further Needs.- 12. Lessons Learned: Reasons for Histories of Management Ideas.