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Mary Follett devoted a lifetime to searching for the true principles of organization which would ensure a stable foundation for the steady, ordered progress of human well-being. That her search was not in vain will be evident to all who read the lectures. Her teaching is not theoretical, but is based on a close study of the practice of a large number of business undertakings. She chose this field of enquiry to supplement her work on local and national government because she realized that the principles which should determine organization are identical, no matter what the purpose which that organization is designed to serve.

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MAJOR URWICK and Dr. Metcalf have rendered a conspicuous service by editing this collection of Mary Follett's lectures on business management. They contain teaching which was of importance when the lectures were delivered, and which many people felt should be preserved in a collated form and given a wider public. The circumstances of today have increased that importance. Many people are being called upon to fill new administrative posts, and these lectures teach the principles which should underly all administrative method.

Seebohm Rowntree

Seebohm Rowntree

Seebohm Rowntree

Born: July 7, 1871

Died: October 7, 1954 (aged 83)

Bio: Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree was an English sociological researcher, social reformer and industrialist. He is known in particular for his three York studies of poverty conducted in 1899, 1935, and 1951.

Known for:

Poverty, A Study of Town Life (1901)
The human factor in business (1921)
Unemployment, a social study (1911)
English life and leisure (1951)
Betting & gambling, a national evil (1905)

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