1. Adam Smith (1723-1790): supported greater effectiveness through division of labor
2. Max Weber: considered the “Father of Bureaucracy”
3. Frederick Taylor: proposed the principles of scientific management
4. Henri Fayol: believed in one best way to manage
5. Elton Mayo: famous for the human relations approach
6. Chester Barnard: wrote The Functions of the Executive
7. Douglas McGregor: wrote The Human Side of Enterprise
8. Henry Mintzberg: credited with “structure in fives”
9. Gareth Morgan: developed the concept of “imaginization” 1
10. Lee Bolman: reframed organizations
11. Goffman: symbolic interpretivist
12. Mary Parker Follett: American social worker and management consultant related to organizational theorist and organizational behaviour
13. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Harvard professor who is known for research related to organizational change and tokenism
14. Margaret Wheatley: studied systems thinking, change theory, chaos theory and the learning organization (in particular self-organization
15. David L. Cooperrider: founder of appreciative inquiry
16. Paul Hersey: created the situational leadership model
17. Fred Luthans: linked behavioural science with management of people in organizations
18. Barry Oshry: author of the total system power model
19. Peter Senge: creator of the concept of the learning organization
20. David Zinger: focused on employee engagement
21. Lillian Gilbreth
