LIDERAZGO DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN GLOBAL: Lista de los 100 mejores escritores de la Administración de todos los tiempos, país y sus principales libros Direccion de Prensa | Publicado el 27 de septiembre de 2026 |
Escuela Clásica, Científica y Burocrática (Siglo XIX – Mediados Siglo XX)
Nº Autor País Nivel / Fechas Principales Obras
1 Frederick Winslow Taylor EE. UU. 1856–1915 Principles of Scientific Management (1911), Shop Management (1903)
2 Henri Fayol Francia 1841–1925 Administration Industrielle et Générale (1916)
3 Max Weber Alemania 1864–1920 Economy and Society (1922), The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905)
4 Frank Gilbreth EE. UU. 1868–1924 Motion Study (1911), Primer of Scientific Management (1912)
5 Lillian Moller Gilbreth EE. UU. 1878–1972 The Psychology of Management (1914)
6 Henry Gantt EE. UU. 1861–1919 Work, Wages, and Profits (1913), Organizing for Work (1919)
7 Chester Barnard EE. UU. 1886–1961 The Functions of the Executive (1938)
8 Mary Parker Follett EE. UU. 1868–1933 Creative Experience (1924), Dynamic Administration (1942)
9 Hugo Münsterberg Alemania / EE. UU. 1863–1916 Psychology and Industrial Efficiency (1913)
10 Charles Babbage Reino Unido 1791–1871 On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (1832)
11 Robert Owen Reino Unido 1771–1858 A New View of Society (1813)
12 Oliver Sheldon Reino Unido 1894–1951 The Philosophy of Management (1923)
13 James D. Mooney EE. UU. 1884–1957 Onward Industry! (1931), The Principles of Organization (1939)
14 Lyndall Urwick Reino Unido 1891–1983 The Elements of Administration (1943), The Making of Scientific Management (1945)
Escuela de Relaciones Humanas y Ciencias del Comportamiento
Nº Autor País Nivel / Fechas Principales Obras
15 Elton Mayo Australia / EE. UU. 1880–1949 The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization (1933)
16 Douglas McGregor EE. UU. 1906–1964 The Human Side of Enterprise (1960)
17 Abraham Maslow EE. UU. 1908–1970 Motivation and Personality (1954), Eupsychian Management (1965)
18 Frederick Herzberg EE. UU. 1923–2000 Work and the Nature of Man (1966), One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees? (1968)
19 Chris Argyris EE. UU. 1923–2013 Personality and Organization (1957), Overcoming Organizational Defenses (1990)
20 Rensis Likert EE. UU. 1903–1981 New Patterns of Management (1961), The Human Organization (1967)
21 Kurt Lewin Alemania / EE. UU. 1890–1947 Frontiers in Group Dynamics (1947), Resolving Social Conflicts (1948)
22 David McClelland EE. UU. 1917–1998 The Achieving Society (1961), Human Motivation (1987)
23 Victor Vroom Canadá 1932–presente Work and Motivation (1964), Leadership and Decision-Making (1973)
24 Edgar Schein Suiza / EE. UU. 1928–2023 Organizational Culture and Leadership (1985), Process Consultation (1969)
25 Robert Blake EE. UU. 1918–2004 The Managerial Grid (1964)
26 Jane Mouton EE. UU. 1930–1987 The Managerial Grid (1964), Building a Dynamic Corporation (1969)
27 Fred Fiedler Austria / EE. UU. 1922–2017 A Theory of Leadership Effectiveness (1967)
28 Warren Bennis EE. UU. 1925–2014 On Becoming a Leader (1989), Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge (1985)
Teoría General de Sistemas, Contingencia y Decisiones
Nº Autor País Nivel / Fechas Principales Obras
29 Herbert A. Simon EE. UU. 1916–2001 Administrative Behavior (1947), Organizations (1958)
30 Ludwig von Bertalanffy Austria 1901–1972 General System Theory (1968)
31 James G. March EE. UU. 1928–2018 Organizations (con Simon, 1958), A Behavioral Theory of the Firm (1963)
32 Richard Cyert EE. UU. 1921–1998 A Behavioral Theory of the Firm (1963)
33 Paul Lawrence EE. UU. 1922–2011 Organization and Environment (1967)
34 Jay Lorsch EE. UU. 1932–presente Organization and Environment (1967), Developing Organizations (1969)
35 Joan Woodward Reino Unido 1916–1971 Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice (1965)
36 Kenneth Boulding Reino Unido / EE. UU. 1910–1993 General Systems Theory: The Skeleton of Science (1956)
37 Stafford Beer Reino Unido 1926–2002 Cybernetics and Management (1959), Brain of the Firm (1972)
38 Russell L. Ackoff EE. UU. 1919–2009 Redesigning the Future (1974), Creating the Corporate Future (1981)
39 C. West Churchman EE. UU. 1913–2004 The Systems Approach (1968)
Fundamentos del Management Moderno y Dirección General
Nº Autor País Nivel / Fechas Principales Obras
40 Peter Drucker Austria / EE. UU. 1909–2005 The Practice of Management (1954), The Effective Executive (1967), Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973)
41 Alfred Sloan EE. UU. 1875–1966 My Years with General Motors (1963)
42 Henry Mintzberg Canadá 1939–presente The Nature of Managerial Work (1973), The Structuring of Organizations (1979), Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning (1994)
43 Tom Peters EE. UU. 1942–presente In Search of Excellence (1982), Thriving on Chaos (1987)
44 Robert H. Waterman Jr. EE. UU. 1936–2022 In Search of Excellence (con Tom Peters, 1982), The Renewal Factor (1987)
45 Charles Handy Irlanda 1932–presente Understanding Organizations (1976), The Age of Unreason (1989)
46 Ken Blanchard EE. UU. 1939–presente The One Minute Manager (1982), Leadership and the One Minute Manager (1985)
47 Stephen Covey EE. UU. 1932–2012 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989), Principle-Centered Leadership (1991)
48 Elliott Jaques Canadá 1917–2003 Requisite Organization (1989), The Measurement of Responsibility (1956)
49 Ichak Adizes Macedonia / EE. UU. 1937–presente Corporate Lifecycles (1988), Managing Corporate Lifecycles (1999)
Estrategia Corporativa y Competitividad
Nº Autor País Nivel / Fechas Principales Obras
50 Michael Porter EE. UU. 1947–presente Competitive Strategy (1980), Competitive Advantage (1985), The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990)
51 Igor Ansoff Rusia / EE. UU. 1918–2002 Corporate Strategy (1965), Strategic Management (1979)
52 Alfred Chandler Jr. EE. UU. 1918–2007 Strategy and Structure (1962), The Visible Hand (1977)
53 C. K. Prahalad India / EE. UU. 1941–2010 Competing for the Future (con Hamel, 1994), The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid (2004)
54 Gary Hamel EE. UU. 1954–presente Competing for the Future (1994), Leading the Revolution (2000), The Future of Management (2007)
55 W. Chan Kim Corea del Sur 1952–presente Blue Ocean Strategy (2005), Blue Ocean Shift (2017)
56 Renée Mauborgne EE. UU. 1963–presente Blue Ocean Strategy (2005), Blue Ocean Shift (2017)
57 Jay Barney EE. UU. 1954–presente Gaining and Sustaining Competitive Advantage (1997), Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage (1991)
58 Kenichi Ohmae Japón 1943–presente The Mind of the Strategist (1982), The Borderless World (1990)
59 Henry Gantt / Bruce Henderson EE. UU. 1915–1992 The Logic of Business Strategy (1984), On Corporate Strategy (1979) (Fundador de BCG)
60 Roger Martin Canadá 1956–presente Playing to Win (con A.G. Lafley, 2013), The Opposable Mind (2007)
61 Richard Rumelt EE. UU. 1942–presente Good Strategy/Bad Strategy (2011), Strategy, Structure, and Economic Performance (1974)
62 Kathleen Eisenhardt EE. UU. 1947–presente Competing on the Edge: Strategy as Structured Chaos (1998)
Calidad Total, Operaciones e Ingeniería de Procesos
Nº Autor País Nivel / Fechas Principales Obras
63 W. Edwards Deming EE. UU. 1900–1993 Out of the Crisis (1986), The New Economics (1993)
64 Joseph M. Juran Rumania / EE. UU. 1904–2008 Quality Control Handbook (1951), Juran on Planning for Quality (1988)
65 Kaoru Ishikawa Japón 1915–1989 What Is Total Quality Control? The Japanese Way (1985)
66 Taiichi Ohno Japón 1912–1990 Toyota Production System (1988), Workplace Management (1988)
67 Armand V. Feigenbaum EE. UU. 1920–2014 Total Quality Control (1951)
68 Philip B. Crosby EE. UU. 1926–2001 Quality Is Free (1979), Quality Without Tears (1984)
69 Shigeo Shingo Japón 1909–1990 A Study of the Toyota Production System (1981), Zero Quality Control (1986)
70 Michael Hammer EE. UU. 1948–2008 Reengineering the Corporation (1993), The Agenda (2001)
71 James P. Womack EE. UU. 1948–presente The Machine That Changed the World (1990), Lean Thinking (1996)
72 Eliyahu M. Goldratt Israel 1947–2011 The Goal (1984), It’s Not Luck (1994)
Organizaciones de Aprendizaje, Innovación y Transformación
Nº Autor País Nivel / Fechas Principales Obras
73 Peter Senge EE. UU. 1947–presente The Fifth Discipline (1990), The Dance of Change (1999)
74 Clayton Christensen EE. UU. 1952–2020 The Innovator’s Dilemma (1997), Innovator’s Solution (2003)
75 Ikujiro Nonaka Japón 1935–presente The Knowledge-Creating Company (1995)
76 Hirotaka Takeuchi Japón 1946–presente The Knowledge-Creating Company (con Nonaka, 1995)
77 John Kotter EE. UU. 1947–presente Leading Change (1996), Our Iceberg Is Melting (2005)
78 James O. McKinsey EE. UU. 1889–1937 Budgetary Control (1922)
79 David J. Teece Nueva Zelanda 1949–presente Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management (1997)
80 Geoffrey Moore EE. UU. 1946–presente Crossing the Chasm (1991), Inside the Tornado (1995)
81 Eric Ries EE. UU. 1978–presente The Lean Startup (2011), The Startup Way (2017)
82 Alexander Osterwalder Suiza 1974–presente Business Model Generation (2010), Value Proposition Design (2014)
Métricas, Control Financiero y Gobernanza Corporativa
Nº Autor País Nivel / Fechas Principales Obras
83 Robert S. Kaplan EE. UU. 1940–presente The Balanced Scorecard (1996), Strategy Maps (2004)
84 David P. Norton EE. UU. 1941–presente The Balanced Scorecard (con Kaplan, 1996)
85 Stern & Stewart (Joel Stern) EE. UU. 1938–2019 The EVA Challenge (2001) (Creador de la metodología de Valor Económico Agregado – EVA)
86 Benjamin Graham Reino Unido / EE. UU. 1894–1976 Security Analysis (1934), The Intelligent Investor (1949)
87 Elihu Root EE. UU. 1845–1937 Aportes fundamentales en estructuración legal-financiera de corporaciones públicas.
Liderazgo, Cultura Organizacional y Tendencias Contemporáneas
Nº Autor País Nivel / Fechas Principales Obras
88 Jim Collins EE. UU. 1958–presente Built to Last (1994), Good to Great (2001)
89 Daniel Goleman EE. UU. 1946–presente Emotional Intelligence (1995), Primal Leadership (2002)
90 Philip Kotler EE. UU. 1931–presente Marketing Management (1967), Principles of Marketing (1980)
91 Seth Godin EE. UU. 1960–presente Purple Cow (2003), Tribes (2008), This Is Marketing (2018)
92 Amy Edmondson EE. UU. 1959–presente The Fearless Organization (2018), Right Kind of Wrong (2023)
93 Adam Grant EE. UU. 1981–presente Give and Take (2013), Originals (2016), Think Again (2021)
94 Simon Sinek Reino Unido / EE. UU. 1973–presente Start with Why (2009), Leaders Eat Last (2014)
95 Patrick Lencioni EE. UU. 1965–presente The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (2002), The Advantage (2012)
96 Marshall Goldsmith EE. UU. 1949–presente What Got You Here Won’t Get You There (2007), Triggers (2015)
97 Frederic Laloux Bélgica 1969–presente Reinventing Organizations (2014)
98 Daniel Kahneman Israel / EE. UU. 1934–2024 Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011), Noise (2021)
99 Nassim Nicholas Taleb Líbano / EE. UU. 1960–presente The Black Swan (2007), Antifragile (2012)
100 Erin Meyer EE. UU. 1971–presente The Culture Map (2014), No Rules Rules (con Reed Hastings, 2020)
Solicitado a Gemini y revisado por Mayobanex De Jesús Laurens
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