This text presents the life and ideas of influential people who have helped redefine the way we think about management. It covers well known and controversial figures from around the world and from the Renaissance onwards, including: Edward Cadbury, Lao Tzu, Mary Parker Follett, Machiavelli, Henry Ford, Matsushita Konosuke, Bill Gates, Cosimo dei Medici, Henry Heinz and Jack Welch. This informative guide should be of value to those with an interest in the key personalities involved in the devlopment of management as we know it today. INDICE 1. Chris Argyris (1923 - ) 2. Richard Arkwright (1732-92) 3. Charles Babbage (1792-1871) 4. Tomas Bat'a (1876-1932) 5. Max Boisot (1943-) 6. James Burnham (1905-87) 7. Edward Cadbury (1873-1948) 8. Herbert N. Casson (1869-1951) 9. Alfred D. Chandler (1918-) 10. Arie de Geus (1930-) 11. W. Edwards Deming (1900-93) 12. Peter Drucker (1909-) 13. Pierre du Pont (1870-1954) 14. Harrington Emerson (1853-1931) 15. Henri Fayol (1841-1925) 16. Mary Parker Follett (1868 - 1933) 17. Henry Ford (1863-1947) 18. Jay Wright Forrester (1918-) 19. Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835- 1901) 20. Bill Gates (1955-) 21. Edwin Gay (1867-1946) 22. Frank Bunker Gilbreth (1868-1924) and Lillian Gilbreth (1878-1972) 23. Andrew Grove (1936-) 24. Charles Handy (1932-) 25. Henry J. Heinz (1844-1919) 26. Geert Hofstede (1928-) 27. Ibuka Masaru (1908-1997) 28. Philip Kotler (1931-) 29. Laozi (Lao Tzu) (6th century BC) 30. William Lever (1851- 1925) 31. Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) 32. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) 33. Matsushita Konosuke (1884-1989) 34. Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) 35. Cosimo dei Medici (1389-1464) 36. Henry Mintzberg (1939-) 37. James D. Mooney (1884-1957) 38. Gareth Morgan (1943-) 39. J.P.Morgan (1837-1913) 40. Nonaka Ikujiro (1935-) 41. Ohmae Kenichi (1943-) 42. Robert Owen (1771-1858) 43. Tom Peters (1942-) 44. Michael Porter (1947-) 45. Herbert Simon (1916-2001) 46. Sunzi (Sun Tzu) (c. 4th century BC) 47. Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) 48. Toyod