Yönetim Alan Yazınında Çağının Ötesindeki Bir İsim: Mary Parker Follett

Öz

Mary Parker Follett yönetim teorilerini zamanının ötesinde bir yaklaşımla ele alan önemli bir bilim insanıdır. Follett, yönetim felsefesinde sosyal bilimlerin tüm alanlarını kapsayan önemli çalışmalar yapmış, günümüze ve geleceğe ışık tutan değerli kavramlar ortaya atmıştır. Yönetimde devrim niteliğinde çığır açması gerekirken, böylesine önemli bir beynin yönetim alan yazında ve uygulamalarında hak ettiği ilgiden yoksun kalması çok büyük eksikliktir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, Follett’in güçlü yönetim felsefesini tanıtmak, getirdiği kavramlara yönelik önemli ipuçları vermek ve onun öngörülerinin zamanımızda yaşanan yönetim sorunlarına çözüm üretme potansiyelini değerlendirmektir. Araştırmada, alan yazın taramasına dayanarak Follett’in teorilerini nasıl oluşturduğu, teorilerinin güçlü ve zayıf yönleri ve teorilerine yönelik çeşitli görüşler ele alınmıştır. Yaşamından sunulan kesitlerle teorilerini nasıl oluşturduğuna, teorilerine yönelik çeşitli görüşlere yer verilmiş ve yönetim felsefesinin güçlü ve zayıf yönleri analiz edilmiştir. Gerek anlatıda gerek analiz ve yorumlarda alan yazından sağlanan görüşler temel alınmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Durum Yasası
• Yönetim
• Güç
• Bütünleşme
• Mary Parker Follett

A Name Ahead of Her Time in Management Literature: Mary Parker Follett

Abstract

Mary Parker Follett is an important scientist who deals with management theories with anapproach that is beyond her time. Follett has undertaken important studies covering all areas of social sciences in management, and put forward valuable concepts that shed light on the present and the future. While it is supposed to be a revolutionary breakthrough in management, it is a great shortcoming that such an important brain lacks the attention she deserves in management fields and applications. The aim of this research is to introduce Follett’s strong management philosophy, to give important clues to the concepts she birings, and to evaluate the potential of her predictions to solve the management problems in our time. The study looked at how Follett created her theories based on scanning the literature, the strengths and weaknesses of her theories, and various insights into her theories. On the basis of the sections presented from her life, various opinions about her theories and how she formulated her theories and the strengths and weaknesses of her theories were analyzed. The data obtained from the literatüre served as the basis in the narrative, in the analysies and in the comments.

Keywords

• Mary Parker Follett
• Management
• Power With
• Law of Situation
• Integration

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