Control in Organizational Life: The Contribution of Mary Parker Follett

L.D. Parker

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Mary Parker Follett's contribution to the conceptual management literature on control in organizations is examined. It is argued that her contribution to management thought has been somewhat neglected by subsequent writers and commentators. From the concepts that she explored, two models of control—behavioral and holistic—are constructed. The extent to which they reflect Follett's own life and philosophy also is considered. It is argued that her concepts of control anticipated behavioral and systems concepts of the 1960s and 1970s.

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1994The Management of Innovation 2015Principles of Scientific Management, The 1966Handbook of Organizations.1986General and Industrial Management 1993Principles of Scientific Management 1995The evolution of management thought 1942Dynamic Administration, The Collected Papers of Mary Parker Follett.1969Control in Organizations.

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