Studies of the industrial revolution often ignore the problems of the management of large works - these were new, since earlier examples of controlling large numbers of men, such as armies of the builders of the pyramids, did not have to show a profit. The main problems are seen to have occurred in the management of labour, and in the construction of account which would help arrive at correct decisions. The owner-managers of the day had little to go on, and had to be as innovative as in the better-known technical innovations field. Some leading entrepreneurs developed satisfactory solutions, but management continued to be considered an art rather than a science, with little systematized knowledge.
- ISBN10 0751201871
- ISBN13 9780751201871
- Publish Date 2 September 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 December 2002
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Gregg Revivals
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 328
- Language English