![]() | Organizing Control: August Thyssen and the Construction of German Corporate Management Subjects: Industrial management -- Germany -- History; Industrialists -- Germany -- History; Thyssen August 18421926; Dinkelbach Heinrich b. 1891; Thyssen & Co. (Mèlheim an der Ruhr Germany) -- History; Vereinigte Stahlwerke Akiengesellschaft -- History; In a pioneering work, Jeffrey 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--the Andrew Carnegie of Germany--Fear traces the evolution of management inside the Thyssen-Konzern and the Vereinigte Stahlwerke (United Steel Works) between 1871 and 1934. |
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