Increasing productivity in the workplace has long been a focus for business owners and theorists alike. Prominent studies dating back a century focused on increasing human productivity in the ...

Spaces to support a variety of activities. In 1960, social scientist and MIT professor Douglas McGregor introduced the concept of Theory X and Theory Y management. Today, this concept can help ...

In the dynamic world of business management, one size rarely fits all when it comes to leadership and organizational strategy. Contingency theory in management recognizes this reality by proposing ...

Widely regarded as one of the most influential management experts in the early days of classical management theory, Mary Parker Follett developed foundational concepts that redefine how organizations ...

Getting down to business with two journalists at The Economist, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge. Maybe you've never paid much attention to the ideas spouted in those bestselling business ...

Max Weber, a German sociologist, believed bureaucracy was the most efficient way to run both private businesses and public institutions. His ideas shaped how many businesses and government agencies ...

Small-business owners are legendary for their gift of gab, but you may want to bolt the door before you suggest your next topic of deep-think conversation: crisis management theory. At first, the ...

The relationship between business owners and business management gets complicated when they're not the same people. One approach to understanding it is agency theory: Managers are agents for the ...