Mary P. Follett : creating democracy, transforming management /
Joan C. Tonn.
- 623 p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- A Childhood That Was Rarely Happy -- "An Eager, Fearless Mind" -- "What Shall We Do with Our Girls?" -- "Very Unusual Privileges" -- "The Great Milepost and Turning Point" -- The Speaker of the House of Representatives -- "To I. L. B." -- Self-Realization and Service -- Ward 17 -- Substitutes for the Saloon, Schools, and Suffrage -- Private Funds for Public Purposes -- "My Beloved Centres" -- The Functions, Financing, and Control of Community Centers: Issues for the National Movement -- The War Years -- The New State -- Not Neighborhood Groups but an Integrative Group Process -- "Too Good a Joke for the World" -- Creative Experience -- Professional Transition, Personal Tragedy -- "You Have Been Extraordinarily Helpful to Executives" -- "I am Almost at the Same Moment Happy and Unhappy" -- "Prepared to Go or Stay with Equal Graciousness -- Afterword. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
"Mary P. Follett (1868-1933) brought new dimensions to the theory and practice of management and was one of America's preeminent thinkers about democracy and social organization. The ideas Follett developed in the early twentieth century continue even today to challenge thinking about business and civic concerns. This book, the first biography of Follett, illuminates the life of this intriguing woman and reveals how she devised her farsighted theories about the organization of human relations."--BOOK JACKET.
0300096216 (hc : alk. paper)
2002010807
Follett, Mary Parker, 1868-1933
Women social reformers--United States--Biography Social reformers--United States--Biography Social structure Democracy. Management Psychology, Industrial.