Philosophy of Management Early Sociology of Business and Management

Taylorism was criticised for its over-simplistic view of what motivated the worker. Oliver Sheldon's theme was that though Taylorism had helped the development of a science of management, such work should not detract from the predominantly human job of the manager to manage. His work prefigures the human relations approach to management theory of Elton Mayo and F. J. Roethlisberger in rejecting the notion that economic incentives largely explain employee behaviour.Sheldon, Oliver is the author of 'Philosophy of Management Early Sociology of Business and Management' with ISBN 9780415279840 and ISBN 0415279844.