Harold Koontz

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Harold Koontz



Harold Koontz (1909-1984), was a consultant for US's largest business organizations. He co-authored the book Principles of Management with Cyril J. O'Donnell which has sold around two million copies and has been translated into 15 languages. He died at the age of 75 on Feb 11 1984, after suffering from arthritis.

Mr. Koontz, was a professor of business management at University of California, Los Angeles. He started as a cost analyst in 1936, he received his doctorate from Yale University. His approach to management was "human relations".
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Essentials of Management

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Principles of Management: A...

3.94 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1968 — 9 editions
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Management: a book of readi...

3.76 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions
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Management: A Systems and C...

3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1976 — 2 editions
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A practical introduction to...

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Management, a Book of Readi...

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The Board of Directors and ...

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Appraising managers as mana...

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Elementos de administración

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“Running in desperate fear for your life is pretty much a righteous justification for eating junkfood.”
Koontz

“Planning is deciding in advance what to do and how to do it.
Planning bridges the gap between where we are and where we want
to go. It makes it possible for things to occur which would not otherwise
happen.”
Harold Koontz, Essentials of Management



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