Amartya Sen is probably best known for his work on famine, human development and welfare economics. He is one of the few modern academics who has commanded much respect and recognition from all corner...
Chris Argyris (b. 1923) was one of the key figures in the Human Relations Movement in the 1960s and 1970s; he is widely regarded as the founding father of the learning organization. His work has made ...
The visionary theories of H. Igor Ansoff (1918-2002) on strategic business management have inspired worldwide acclaim. Called 'the father of strategic management' by Henry Mintzberg, he proposed that ...
Henri Fayol (1841-1925) along with F W Taylor, is one of the founders of 'classical management'. Fayol's work was the first significant attempt to develop principles of top-level management and one of...
Herbert Simon (1916-2001) was a polymathic intellectual. A founding figure of the field of artificial intelligence, he gained renown in the 1950s (with Allen Newell) as the creator of the first 'think...
W.E. Deming's name is synonymous with Total Quality Management. Deming began his career in the US Government Service, where his application of statistical principles to clerical operations in the 1940...