The Moral Philosophy of Management: From Quesnay to Keynes: From Quesnay to Keynes / Edition 1

by Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

Overview

This book explores the foundation of European management philosophy at a dramatic moment in European history: the Cold War has ended; Western capitalism has triumphed over communism. The book reflects on the role of business and management that has emerged in Western capitalism and it searches for the roots of moral philosophy and the philosophies of management derived from the history of economic thought. It traces such ideas from the late 18th century works, Quesnay and Smith, down through the 19th century to the present. The closing chapter of the book sets out ten principles for tight management in a socio-economic doctrine of ideal enterprise and good management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563240812
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/1993
Series:	Studies in Socio-Economics
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

Table of Contents

The Moral Philosophy of Management; 1: The Physiocrats' Theory of the Farm; 2: Pleasure and Enterprise: The Foundation for The Wealth of Nations; 3: Men, Food, or Machines: Entrepreneurs Who Saved Profits But Destroyed Economy; 4: Karl Marx: A Ricardian Management Scientist; 5: Good Management in Harmonic Stagnation: Business Economics and Ethology in John Stuart Mill; 6: From Bookkeeping to General Equilibrium: Management in the Doctrine of Léon Walras; 7: Enterprise against Stagnation: On Management of Productivity and Risk in Alfred Marshall's Theory; 8: Managers as Officers of the State: The Role of Enterprise in Gustav Schmoller's Prussian Theory; 9: Self-Management and the Hope for Moral Emancipation: Charles Gide's Social Economy; 10: The Amoral, Calculating Manager: Rational Decision Making in Gunnar Myrdal's Walrasian Theory; 11: Enterprise as Adventure; or, The Golden Calf Dance in John Maynard Keynes's General Theory; 12: The Socio-Economic Doctrine on Ideal Enterprise and Good Management: A Summary of Concrete Economy from Quesnay to Keynes