Daniel A. Wren & Arthur G. Bedeian (1972). The evolution of management thought. 6th ed. 2009. p. 70-71
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Of the early management pioneers, history has provided us with the best records for four men: Robert Owen, Charles Babbage, Andrew Ure, and Charles Dupin... Ure knew the French engineer and management writer Charles Dupin, and when Dupin visited Great Britain in 1816–1818, Ure escorted him around the Glasgow factories. Dupin commented that many of the managers of these factories were Ure’s own students.
— Daniel A. Wren on Charles Dupin
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About Daniel A. Wren
Daniel A. Wren (born January 8, 1932) is an American business theorist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Oklahoma, known from his 1972 book coauthored with Arthur G. Bedeian, entitled "The evolution of management thought."
About Daniel A. Wren
Daniel A. Wren (born January 8, 1932) is an American business theorist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Oklahoma, known from his 1972 book coauthored with Arthur G. Bedeian, entitled "The evolution of management thought."
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