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Mary Parker Follett: epilogue to or return of a social work management pioneer?
Abstract
This study presents an overview of the major concepts and contributions of Mary Parker Follett to the development of social work management theory, past and present. The case is made for Follett to be afforded a more visible role in the professions understanding and teaching of modern management theory and practice. The study shows how Follett's work served as an important bridge between changing areas in management thought, specifically as related to scientific management and the subsequent human relations models. Even after six decades, Follett's work, in its timelessness and timeliness, remains contemporary, for it is rooted in her keen ability to grasp the complexities inherent in the human services enterprise, and thus it continues to inform ones understanding and behavior within the organizational context. (Journal abstract, edited.)
Journal
(1997)
vol21
no1
pages1-15
Categories
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Nonprofit History
