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Chester Barnard

1886 - 1961

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Chester Irving Barnard (November 7, 1886 – June 7, 1961) was an American business executive, public administrator, and the author of pioneering work in management theory and organizational studies. His landmark 1938 book, The Functions of the Executive, sets out a theory of organization and of the functions of executives in organizations. The book has been widely assigned in university courses in management theory and organizational sociology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chester Barnard has received more than 360,480 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Chester Barnard is the 191st most popular economist (down from 149th in 2019), the 2,993rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,215th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Chester Barnard ranks 191 out of 315Before him are Eli Heckscher, Gustave de Molinari, Pierre Leroux, Lujo Brentano, Paul Romer, and Henry George. After him are John A. Hobson, Roger Myerson, Paul Volcker, Raúl Prebisch, Alvin E. Roth, and Adam Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Chester Barnard ranks 104Before him are Helen Parkhurst, Paul Lévy, Yehuda Ashlag, Marthe Bibesco, Otto von Knobelsdorff, and Ty Cobb. After him are Salvador de Madariaga, Tarsila do Amaral, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Ma Rainey, Ğabdulla Tuqay, and Lyuh Woon-hyung. Among people deceased in 1961, Chester Barnard ranks 59Before him are Domenico Tardini, Paul Ramadier, Robert Garrett, Shigeko Higashikuni, Ty Cobb, and Ludwik Fleck. After him are Vanessa Bell, Mihail Sadoveanu, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Govind Ballabh Pant, and Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester Barnard ranks 2,993 out of 18,182Before him are Jennifer Rush (1960), Murray Perahia (1947), Winfield Scott (1786), Edward Bunker (1933), Natalie Cole (1950), and Mel Blanc (1908). After him are Frank Vincent (1939), Lee Haney (1959), John Lasseter (1957), Dee Dee Warwick (1942), Divine (1945), and Al Martino (1927).

Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Chester Barnard ranks 61Before him are Peter Diamond (1940), Ben Bernanke (1953), Hyman Minsky (1919), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Paul Romer (1955), and Henry George (1839). After him are Roger Myerson (1951), Paul Volcker (1927), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Alvin Hansen (1887), Dennis Meadows (1942), and Lars Peter Hansen (1952).