Integrative Process: Follettian Thinking from Ontology to Administration - Paperback

by Jeannine M. Love (Author), Margaret Stout (Author)

Mary Parker Follett, a Progressive Era theorist called the "prophet of management" by Peter Drucker, is winning transdisciplinary converts as the world catches up with her. But as the authors argue, her work cannot be appreciated without understanding its grounding in relational process ontology. This book not only provides that necessary key, but it presents in one volume the major ideas and disciplines found in her work. The authors provide the structure, but fill it with Follett's own words-a wonderfully wise decision that lets readers be converted by Mary Parker Follett herself.

Author Biography

Margaret Stout is an assistant professor of Public Administration at West Virginia University. Her research explores the role of public and nonprofit practitioners in achieving democratic social and economic justice with specific interests in administrative theory, public service leadership and ethics, and sustainable community development. Jeannine M. Love is an assistant professor of Public Administration at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Her research analyzes the rhetorics of individualism and freedom in political theory and practice, paying particular attention to issues of economic justice.