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The Management of Human Capacity

Management Decision

ISSN: 0025-1747

Article publication date: 1 July 1977

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Abstract

A striking feature of Jaques' work is his “no nonsense” attitude to the “manager‐subordinate” relationship. His blunt account of the origins of this relationship seems at first sight to place him in the legalistic “principles of management” camp rather than in the ranks of the subtler “people centred” schools. We shall see before long how misleading such first impressions can be, for Jaques is not making simplistic assumptions about the human psyche. But he certainly sees no point in agonising over the mechanism of association which brings organisations and work‐groups into being when the facts of life are perfectly straightforward and there is no need to be squeamish about them.

Citation

Evans, J.S. (1977), "The Management of Human Capacity", Management Decision, Vol. 15 No. 7/8, pp. 563-726. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb001147

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MCB UP Ltd

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