Home›Management Theorist›All Management TheoristBrowse ByAll Management TheoristReference and ClassificationDevelopingScholars and consultants whose primary significance is developing a named management theory or framework applied across companies, including Frederick Winslow Taylor's scientific management and Peter Drucker's management theory. Belongs here: any figure whose primary claim to inclusion is a general theory, framework or body of management thought rather than founding or running one particular company. Does not belong here: company founders and executives whose significance is running a specific enterprise, grouped under Founder and Executive.FactsAll Management TheoristSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonOriginating EraWell-attested1920 1All Management TheoristFilter Results72 entriesRoleAllAccounting, Finance and Performance Measurement Thinkers (4)Classical and Scientific Management Thinkers (5)Human Relations and Organizational Behavior Theorists (13)Leadership Theorists (9)Management Consultants and Business Authors (8)Marketing Thinkers (4)Quality and Process Improvement Pioneers (8)Strategy, Innovation and Business Model Theorists (19)NationalityAllAustralia (1)Austria (2)Canada (3)Denmark (1)England (1)France (2)Germany (2)India (1)Israel (1)Italy (1)Japan (2)New Zealand (1)Romania (1)Russia (1)South Korea (1)Switzerland (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (52)IndustryAllAdvertising Industry (2)Automotive Industry (3)Education Services Industry (12)Management Consulting Industry (11)Mining Industry (1)Petroleum Industry (1)Steel Industry (1)Technology Industry (1)Telecommunications Equipment Industry (3)Telecommunications Industry (2)EraAll1447 (1)1841 (1)1856 (1)1864 (1)1880 (1)1886 (1)1891 (1)1900 (1)1904 (2)1906 (1)1909 (1)1912 (1)1915 (1)1922 (1)1923 (1)1926 (1)1929 (1)1931 (1)1933 (1)1939 (2)1940 (1)1941 (2)1942 (1)1943 (2)1947 (1)1948 (1)1952 (1)1954 (1)1955 (1)1974 (1)1979 (1)Companies FoundedAllTrout and Partners (1)Companies LedAllTrout and Partners (1)Theories DevelopedAllActivity-Based Costing (1)Administrative Management Theory (1)AIDA Model (1)Ansoff Matrix (1)Balanced Scorecard (2)Blue Ocean Strategy (2)Bureaucratic Management Theory (1)Business Model Canvas (1)Business Process Re-engineering (1)Contingency Theory (1)Core Competence Theory (2)Disruptive Innovation Theory (1)Dynamic Capabilities (1)Expectancy Theory (1)Fiedler Contingency Model (1)Goal-Setting Theory (1)Growth-Share Matrix (1)Hawthorne Effect (1)Human Relations Movement (1)Job Characteristics Model (1)Lean Manufacturing (1)Lean Startup (1)Learning Organization (2)Lewin's Change Management Model (1)Management by Objectives (1)Managerial Grid Model (2)Marketing Management (1)Marketing Mix (1)Marketing warfare strategies (1)McClelland's Theory of Needs (1)McKinsey 7S Framework (1)Open Innovation (1)Path-Goal Theory (1)PDCA Cycle (1)PESTLE Analysis (1)Peter Principle (1)Porter's Five Forces (1)Porter's Generic Strategies (1)Positioning (marketing) (2)Resource Dependence Theory (2)Resource-Based View (1)Scenario Planning (2)Scientific Management (2)Servant Leadership (1)Situational Leadership Theory (2)Six Sigma (1)Stakeholder Theory (1)SWOT Analysis (1)Theory of Constraints (1)Theory of the Firm (1)Theory X and Theory Y (1)Theory Z (1)Total Quality Management (3)Toyota Production System (1)Transaction Cost Economics (1)Transactional Leadership (1)Transformational Leadership (1)Tuckman's Stages of Group Development (1)Two-Factor Theory (1)Value Chain Analysis (1)VRIO Framework (1)VUCA (2)Practice DisciplineAllAccounting (3)Entrepreneurship (6)Finance (1)Leadership (4)Management (6)Marketing (6)Organizational Behavior (4)Strategy (6)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Al RiesManagement TheoristAlbert S. 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