Waldman, Milton (1895-1976), writer and publisher

Major Management Thinkers on Corporate Social Responsibility

“…The selection of the management thinkers was based on a study of the managerial literature of the XXth century, especially 'the classics' in general management and in strategy, by Marc Buelens (2000). On a basis of different criteria, with a focus on impact in the business world and in business school education, he selected a list of 20 management thinkers; in this list appear 2 duos, who worked closely together during long years; this leads to a total of 22 management thinkers.…”

“…In this diffusion process, a number of important management thinkers, consultants, professors and some practitioners have played a major role. Marc Buelens (2000) studied the work of the major management thinkers of the XXth century, and on the basis of the impact of their contribution in management education, made a selection of 22 management experts, who played an important role in the XXth century. Buelens called those management thinkers 'management prophets'.…”

“…There are four Harvard professors in the list (Mayo, Argyris; Porter, Kanter) and six other professors wrote influential articles in the Harvard Business Review. The research in Management profeten by Marc Buelens (2000) analyzed the contribution of the work of the selected management thinkers and their major ideas. He distinguishes six fundamental forces or viewpoints: rational, sensitive, steering, self-regulating, result searching and stabilizing.…”

“…Many of the successful models of management have been introduced by major management thinkers. Despite critique on the simplicity of some of those models, and despite more sophisticated models with a more realistic view on the complexity of organizations, the shaper insights of a simple model prevail.to reach a wider audience and to gain status (Buelens, 2000).…”

“…The objective of the explorative study was to analyze and discuss the view on CSR of the major management thinkers of the 20 th century. The study was performed on the basis of a selection of 22 major management thinkers by Marc Buelens (2000), an analysis of their major works and of their contribution to theory. Their view on CSR, business ethics and stakeholder management are investigated through their writings and through articles on those management thinkers.In fact, the major management thinkers acknowledge the importance of social responsibility, if not explicitly, at least implicitly, even if the term CSR had not been coined at the time of their writings.…”