Organization management: theory, history, practice: textbook

Modern conditions for the functioning of entrepreneurial structures - globalization, strengthening international and internal competition, tightened struggle for resources, global financial and economic crises require changes to management approaches.
The transition to the innovation economy displays such resources as information and knowledge in the first place in the process of conquering markets and as leading factors of the company"s competitiveness.
Understanding the essence of management from the position of modernity is impossible without knowledge of the entire history of the development of management as science, since it is that the integrated approach to the study of the theory and practice of managing entrepreneurial structures in a historical retrospective provides a holistic perception of science and allows you to achieve maximum performance in the work of the head.
The paper presents the main provisions of management thought, starting with the origin of human civilization, the main management theories from the beginning of industrialization to the present day.
Entrepreneurial structures as an object of management in the paper are investigated from the positions of system analysis, so allow you to form a comprehensive view and systemic thinking from managers, providing effective management