Tres mujeres en la Administracion: Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Mary Parker Follett y Joan Woodward

Norma Adela Paolini, Elena Margarita Denda and Blanca Tirachini
Additional contact information
Norma Adela Paolini: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Argentina.
Elena Margarita Denda: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Argentina.
Blanca Tirachini: Facultad de Economía y Administración de la Universidad Nacional del Comahue (Neuquén). Argentina.

Revista Ciencias Administrativas (CADM), IIA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2016, issue 7, No 7, 57-65

Abstract: This paper aims to pay tribute to three pioneering women in the development of Management studies. It is a summary of the contributions made by these outstanding researchers, while respecting their specific characteristics, according to the different contexts in which they acted and the personal stamp that left a legacy to the discipline. 1. Lillian Moller Gilbreth, a pioneer in the field, she developed with her husband working methods that laid the foundation of Ergonomics. After the death of Lillian Moller her husband continued with the employment and occupation activity, overcoming many obstacles related to feminine gender. 2. Mary Parker Follett, leading researcher, due to her who given their sensitivity, was a pioneer in studies of humanist and social character in organizations. 3. Joan Woodward, well known teacher and researcher, transcended for its relevant and rigorous studies in the manufacturing industry of England, focusing on the impact of technology in its structures.The main purpose is to bring information to the reader in order to give dimension and observe their contributions and proposals from a current perspective.

Keywords: pioneers; management humanistic approach; research. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/CADM/article/view/1139 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:lap:recadm:51

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Revista Ciencias Administrativas (CADM), IIA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata from Instituto de Investigaciones Administrativas, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ana Clara Calabria ().