Efficiency and Management

Curtin University of Technology, Australia

• 1. From Laissez-Faire To Laissez-Faire, 2. Mercantilism to Laissez-Faire: The Precursors of Economic Efficiency: Thoughts on the rise of regulated economies, 3. The Evolution of Technical Efficiency in the Context of Management Practice, 1870-2001, 4. The Influence of Professions on the Notion of Efficiency, 5. Case Study 1: Economic Commentators and the Influence of Economic Efficiency, 6. Procurement and the Notion of Efficiency, 7. Case Study 3: The Transfer from Technical Efficiency to Economic Efficiency in Rail Networks, 8. Technical Efficiency and Management Practice: Evidence from the Literature, 9. The Notion of Efficiency in Globalizing Management Practice

"This book provides important insights into the complex subjects of management and operations in any sector of the economy. The author provides a vivid discussion of theoretical concepts and their practical implications. He makes the study of management fun reading without diluting the seriousness of the subject." Prof. dr. Arie Halachmi (Institute of Government at TSU, USA)