Rebirth of M. P. Follett’s Dynamic Management Thought

Professor Izumi MitsuiShe is a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Hyogo, Japan. She is also an emeritus professor at Nihon University. She was a visiting professor at Yale School of Management (1998—1999). She received her Ph.D. from Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.She is a leading researcher on M. P. Follett’s management thought in Japan. She has been interested in the history of management thought, the comparative study of Western and Eastern management philosophy, and has edited (and co-edited) several books, including Cultural Translation of Management Philosophy in Asian Companies (2020) and Translating and Incorporating American Management Thought into Japan (2022). She is also a key member of the interdisciplinary study named Anthropology of Business Administration (Keiei Jinruigaku in Japanese) and co-edited Enterprise as an Instrument of Civilization (2016) and Enterprise as a Carrier of Culture (2019).

• Preface.- 1. Introduction: The Meaning of M.P. Follett -- Reevaluation in the 21st Century.- 2.Follett’s Philosophical Foundation.- 3. Methods and Key Concepts in Follett’s Theory.- 4. Follett’s Theory of Organization and Management.- 5. Application of Follett’s Management Philosophy:Focusing on the “Professional Work” in the Age of Management.- 6. Conclusion: The Possibility of Follett’s Thought.