Organizing Control : August Thyssen and the Construction of German Corporate Management.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Thyssen & -- Co., 1871-1914 -- 1 August Thyssen, Victorian Entrepreneur -- 2 If I Rest, I Rust -- 3 Creating Management -- 4 Accounting for Control -- 5 Sustaining Innovation -- II. The Thyssen-Konzern, 1890-1926 -- 6 Cartels and Competition -- 7 Rushing Forward and Backward -- 8 Managing a Konzern -- 9 Organizing Financial Control -- 10 Revolutionizing Industrial Relations -- 11 Centralization or Decentralization? -- 12 The Demise of the Thyssen-Konzern -- III. The Vereinigte Stahlwerke, 1926-1936 -- 13 The "Rationalization Company" -- 14 Contested Terrain -- 15 Business Practice and Politics -- 16 Heinrich Dinkelbach, Organization Man -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Tables -- Appendix B: Accounting as Symbolic Practice -- Notes -- Index.
Fear overturns the dominant understanding of German management as "backward" relative to the U.S. and uncovers an autonomous and sophisticated German managerial tradition. Beginning with founder August Thyssen, Fear traces the evolution of management in the Thyssen-Konzern and the Vereinigte Stahlwerke (United Steel Works) between 1871 and 1934.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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