Management Audit Approach in Writing Business History (RLE Accounting)
A Comparison with Kennedy’s Technique on Railroad History
Business & Finance, Accounting
| Author: | Allen L. Bures | ISBN: | 9781134607204 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Allen L. Bures |
| ISBN: | 9781134607204 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This study adds both knowledge and method in the writing of business history. The author proposes that a preliminary management audit can be devised and utilized to gather data, analyse and compare longitudinally the quality of management existing in organizations. This book modifies a methodological tool for measuring, analysing and comparing managements to aid in the writing of business history. It establishes criteria and examples of excellent management from a sample of the USA’s first large-scale organization – the railroads. Prior to the 1870s the railroads were the only big business in the USA and the early ones emerged as a managerial problem which made obsolescent traditional structures and concepts and required effective management.
This study adds both knowledge and method in the writing of business history. The author proposes that a preliminary management audit can be devised and utilized to gather data, analyse and compare longitudinally the quality of management existing in organizations. This book modifies a methodological tool for measuring, analysing and comparing managements to aid in the writing of business history. It establishes criteria and examples of excellent management from a sample of the USA’s first large-scale organization – the railroads. Prior to the 1870s the railroads were the only big business in the USA and the early ones emerged as a managerial problem which made obsolescent traditional structures and concepts and required effective management.
