The philosophical foundations of management thought

Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ancient heroism: managing heroically -- Greek rationalism: managing truthfully -- Italian renaissance: managing for and by power -- French rationalism: managing rationally -- British empiricism: managing empirically -- Positivism: managing scientifically i -- Critical rationalism: managing scientifically ii -- German romanticism: managing as an artist -- Heroic individualism: managing as an aristocrat -- Psychoanalysis and psychiatry: managing mind -- French existentialism: managing, freedom, and responsibility -- Postmodernism: managing without foundations -- Conclusion: philosophy as remedy