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 |
Solicitado a Gemini y revisado por Mayobanex De Jesús Laurens
Los 100 principales autores e ideólogos de la historia de la administración y la gerencia empresarial abarcan desde la era de la Revolución Industrial y las escuelas clásica y científica, hasta la estrategia corporativa moderna, la psicología organizacional y la transformación digital.
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)
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