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ABOUT THE BOOK:-
This book is original and refreshing. (Robert R. Locke, Business History)
the book tells an absorbing story. (Judith Maas, Bookshelf, Sloan Managment Review, Spring 2000.)
Yehouda Shenhav shows that the American system of management required elaborate social construction. Managers had to justify thier existence vis-a-vis owners and workers, and it took a great deal of effort to `normalize` their social power. This book makes an imortant critical contribution to our understanding of how the large corporation emerged in the U.S and deserves to be read by anyone interested in the origins of American `managerialism`. (Neil Fligstein 18/03/1999)
Yehouda Shenhav rewrites business history in this magisterial account of the role of engineers in the American management revolution. That revolution, Shenhav demonstrates, was spearheaded by engineers, whose rational, calculated precepts of work organization depoliticized the relationship between labor and capital. Modern management`s rhetorical claim to neutrality stands on this technical foundation. This elegant and compelling study undercuts conventional efficiency arguments about the rise of modern management. (Frank Dobbin, Princeton University, 1999)
About the Author
Yehouda Shenhav is Associate Professor of Sociology at Tel-Aviv University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Sociology from Stanford University (1985) and an M.Sc. degree from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering at the Israel Institute of Technology (1981). Shenhav taught at several universities in the United States, including Stanford University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Iowa. He served as Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel-Aviv University between 1995 and 1998. ISBN - 9780199250004
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