The Puritan gift : reclaiming the American dream amidst global financial chaos / Kenneth Hopper and William Hopper.

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [290]-324) and indexes.

Origins. The Puritan origins of American managerial culture ; The great migration of the 1630s ; 'Westward the course of empire takes its way' ; The profound influence of French technology -- Rise. Colonel Roswell Lee designs the prototype ; Dan McCallum creates the multidivisional corporation ; Frederick W. Taylor reorganizes the factory floor ; Pierre du Pont invents the modern manufacturing company -- Triumph. The golden age of American management (1920-1970) ; Three wise men from the West go to Japan -- Collapse : the cult of the (so-called) expert. Origins and nature of the cult ; Impact of the cult on the great engine companies ;The business schools as temples of the cult ; Impact of the cult on society ; The years that the Locust Ate (1971-1995) ; Dr. Deming rides to the rescue-- and fails (1980-1993) ; The third (or Sino-Japanese) Industrial Revolution -- Revival. The false dawn (1996-2000) ; The first light of the true dawn? (2001-2006) -- Appendix Twenty-five principles underlying good practice from the Golden Age of Management (1920-1970)

"The Puritan Gift traces the origins and characteristics of an American managerial culture which, over the course of three centuries, turned a handful of small colonies into the greatest economic and political power on earth. It argues that the energy, social mobility, competitiveness and capacity for innovation, all of which lie at the heart of that culture, have their origins in the discipline and ethos of America's first wave of European immigrants: the Puritans. Drawing lessons from their own extensive experience, the authors warns that as America distances itself from the core values which underlay its commercial and economic success during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it puts its own future prosperity and security at risk."--BOOK JACKET.