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Business theorists:

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D. Aaker - Marketing Strategy (1980s)

Derek Abell - Strategic Windows (1980s)

Russell L. Ackoff - Operations Research and Systems Theory (1950s - 2004)

Karol Adamiecki - Management (1890s-1930s)

Horst Albach - Capital Budgeting, Business Strategy, Growth (1970s)

Kenneth Andrews - Corporate Values (1990s)

Chris Argyris - Learning Systems (1970s, 1980s, 1990s)

B

Charles Babbage - Early Scientific Approach (1830s)

Chester Barnard - Executive Leadership (1920s, 1930s)

Jay Barney - Resource Based Strategies (1980s, 1990s)

P. Blackett - Operations Research (1930s, 1940s)

Adam Bonnifield - Contemporary Research Methods (1980s, 1990s)

Matthew Boulton - Work Methods (1800s)

Klaus Brockhoff - R&D Management, Technology Management, Innovation Management (1980s)

R. Buzzell - PIMS Study On Market Share (1970s, 1980s)

C

Robert Camp - Benchmarking (1980s)

Alexander Church - Functional Management (1910s)

Ronald Coase - Transaction Cost Analysis , Industrial And Organizational Economics (1950s) Prize in 1991

Jim Collins - Vision , Mission , Objectives and BHAG (1990s)

Philip Crosby - Quality Control (1980s) - "Quality is Free"

D

Fred Davis - Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)(1990s)

George Day - Marketing (1970s)

Francisco DiMarco - Cost Accounting (1390s)

Harold Deming - quality control (1970s)

W. Edwards Deming - management, quality (1950s, 1960s)

Keith Denton - continuous improvement (1990s)

Patrick Dixon - managing uncertainty, anticipating future (1990s --> present day)

H. Dodge - statistical quality control procedures (1920s)

Peter Drucker - management theory, MBO (1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s)

J. Duncan - the first college textbook in management (1911)

E

A. Erlang - waiting-line theory (1910s)

F

Henri Fayol - the inter-relationships of the various parts of management (1910s)

Armand V. Feigenbaum Total Quality Control, "Quality is what the customer says it is."

Ronald Fisher - statistical management (1920s)

Mary Follett - group problem solving (1930s)

T. Fry - statistical queuing theory (1920s)

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B. Gale - PIMS study on market share (1970s, 1980s)

Henry Gantt - gantt charts (1900s)

David Garvin - eight dimensions of quality

P. Ghemawat - experience curve (1980s)

Sumantra Ghoshal - strategic leadership, ''Individualised Corporation''

James Gilbert - profit pools (1990s)

Frank Gilbreth - time and motion study (1900s), Cheaper by the Dozen

Eliyahu M. Goldratt - theory of constraints, critical chain project management (1980s)

Vytautas Andrius Graiciunas - theory of management limits (1933)

Erich Gutenberg - Theory Of The Firm (1950s)

H

Gary Hamel - core competencies, strategy as revolution (1990s)

Michael Hammer - reengineering (1990s)

Charles Handy - portfolio theory of careers (1990s)

F. Harris - economic lot size model (1910s)

Frederick Herzberg - motivation theory

Frederick Hallsey - wage and compensation plans (1890s)

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Kaoru Ishikawa (1915 - 1989) Total Quality, Ishikawa (fishbone) diagram

J

Joseph M. Juran - (1904-) Internal customer, quality trilogy

K

Robert S. Kaplan - Balanced Scorecard (1990s)

Philip Kotler - marketing management, marketing warfare (1970s, 1980s, 1990s)

John Kotter - leadership (1980s, 1990s)

L

Peter Lawrence - the Peter Principle (1970s)

E. Learned - SWOT analysis (1970s, 1980s)

W Leffingwell - office management (1910s)

Theodore Levitt - marketing (1960s, 1970s)

John Lintner - finance (1970s)

M

Kenneth D. Mackenzie - Organizational Hologram, Organization Theories (1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000)

Mahajan - strategic models (1970s, 1980s)

James G. March - Cognitive Organization theory

Constantinos Markides - strategy dynamics (1980s)

Henry Markowitz - portfolio diversification (1960s, 1970s)

Elton Mayo - the sociology of business interactions (1920s)

Daniel McCallum - organizational charts (1850s)

Regis McKenna - real-time management (1990s)

Leo Melamed - futures exchanges (1980s - 1990s)

Henry Metcalfe - the science of administration (1880s)

Merton Miller - corporate finance (1970s)

Henry Mintzberg - organizational behaviour, strategic management (1970s,1980s, 1990s, 2000s)

Franco Modigliani - corporate finance (1970s)

James Moncrieff - strategy dynamics (1990s)

Hugo Musterberg - the psychology of work (1910s)

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Nicholas Negroponte - human-computer interface (2000s)

O

Kenichi Ohmae - strategic thought processes (1970s, 1980s)

Taiichi Ohno - creator of the Toyota Production System , also known as Lean Manufacturing or Just In Time

David Ogilvy - advertising (1960s, 1970s)

Robert Owen - mutually beneficial personnel practices (1810s)

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Luca Pacioli - description of double entry bookkeeping: main work: Summa de arithmetica geometria proportioni et proportionalita (1494)

Jeffrey Pfeffer - organizational development (1980s)

Henry Poor - the principles of organization (1850s)

Michael Porter - SWOT analysis, strategic management, value chain, generic strategies, 5 forces (1970s, 1980s, 1990s)

Tom Peters - Excellence theories (1970s, 1980s)

C. K. Prahalad - core competency (1980s)

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R

Frederick Reichheld - the loyalty effect (1990s)

Al Reis - positioning theory (1980s)

S

August-Wilhelm Scheer - ARIS

Eugen Schmalenbach - Cost Accounting, Cost Theory (1920s]

Don Schultz - integrated promotional strategy (1990s)

Walter Scott - the psychology of personnel management (1920s)

Patricia Seybold - e-marketing, e-commerce (1990s)

Oliver Sheldon - the philosophy of business (1920s)

J. Sheth - business strategy (1990s)

Walter A. Shewhart - Bell Labs 1920's-30's - control charts

Shigeo Shingo - (1909-1990) Zero Quality Control ( Poka-Yoke ) and Single Minute Exchange of Dies ( SMED )

Herbert A. Simon - (1916-2001) "Satisficing," Nobel Prize 1978

Adrian Slywotzky - value migration (1990s)

Adam Smith - microeconomic foundations of business, specialization of labour (1770s)

The Soranzo Brothers - journals and ledgers (1410s)

T

Genichi Taguchi (1924-) How product specification can become cost effective production

Don Tapscott Business strategy, organizational transformation

Frederick Winslow Taylor - Scientific Management (1900s)

Ordway Tead - the psychology of industry (1910s)

Henry Towne - the science of management (1890s)

Jack Trout - positioning theory (1980s)

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Richard Waterman - Excellence theories (1970s, 1980s)

James Watt - standard operating procedures, cost control (1810s)

Joseph Wharton - first college course in business management (1881)

Eli Whitney - interchangeable parts, cost accounting (1810s,1820s)

Oliver Williamson - transaction cost analysis (1970s)

Yoram Wind - strategic behavioural models (1970s, 1980s)

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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW SURVEY

The Harvard Business Review asked 200 management gurus—the business thinkers most often mentioned in the media and management literature—who their gurus were. Below are their responses.

''Eight Mentions'' Peter Drucker : Management theory

''Seven Mentions'' James G. March : Social scientist at Stanford

''Six Mentions'' Herbert Simon (1916–2001): Nobel laureate economist and organizational theorist

''Five Mentions'' Paul Lawrence : Organizational researcher at Harvard Business School

''Four Mentions'' : Social psychologist at the University of Michigan

''Three Mentions'' : Organizational economist at the University of California, Berkeley

''Two Mentions'' : Economist at Wharton

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