Explore P.F. Drucker’s management theory: decentralized leadership, management by objectives, knowledge worker and more foundational concepts.

Explore Charles Handy’s management theory and how his four workplace cultures shape leadership, motivation and company ...

Peter Drucker is world-renowned for his innovative thinking in the ways of business management. His work turned management theory into a serious discipline among sociologists and he participated in ...

Sixty years ago, social psychologist Douglas McGregor developed two different theories — Theory X and Theory Y — about how managers perceive employees. Theory X managers are authoritarian. They ...

In "Mintzberg on Management," management theorist Henry Mintzberg expresses surprise at the dearth of research examining the role of managers, despite the fascination Americans seem to have with them.

Max Weber, a German sociologist, argued that bureaucracy was the most efficient model for private businesses and public offices. His theories influenced generations of business leaders and politicians ...

A popular saying holds that "the difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no difference." This witticism is especially relevant to management theory because many managers ...