Taylorism was criticized for its over-simplistic view of what motivated the worker. Oliver Sheldon’s theme was that though Taylorism had helped the development of a science of management, such work should not detract from the predominantly human job of the manager to manage. His work prefigures the human relations approach to management theory of Elton Mayo and F. J. Roethlisberger in rejecting the notion that economic incentives largely explain employee behavior.

Is corporate risk becoming a thing of the past? Are organizations losing the opportunity to exercise risk due to increasing regulation and loss of public confidence? Ben Hunt addresses these questions as he explains how more long–term risk taking is needed in order to reap the benefits of forward–thinking.