The capitalist philosophers : the geniuses of modern business--their lives, times, and ideas / Andrea Gabor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-366) and index.

1. Frederick Winslow Taylor: The Father of Scientific Management -- 2. Mary Parker Follett: The Mother of Postscientific Management -- 3. Chester Barnard: The Philosopher King of American Management -- 4. Fritz Roethlisberger and Elton Mayo: Two Creative Misfits Who Invented "Human Relations" (and Put the Harvard Business School on the Map) -- 5. Robert S. McNamara: The "Bean Counters" Usher in a New Era of Scientific Management -- 6. Abraham Maslow and Douglas McGregor: From Human Relations to the Frontiers of System Dynamics -- 7. W. Edwards Deming: The Prophets of the Quality Movement and the Learning Organization -- 8. Herbert A. Simon: The Needle and the Haystack -- 9. Alfred Du Pont Chandler and Alfred Sloan: The Historian and the CEO -- 10. Peter F. Drucker: The Big Idea Man.

"In The Capitalist Philosophers, Andrea Gabor tells the epic story of American business through the lives, times, and ideas of the great thinkers who defined the art and science of business. It is a book full of colorful stories and insights into why the business world is the way it is today."--BOOK JACKET.