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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. Barnard viewed organizations as systems of cooperation of human activity, and noted that they are typically short-lived. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chester Barnard is the 237th most popular economist (down from 220th in 2019), the 4,761st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,836th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Chester Barnard ranks 237 out of 414. Before him are Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, Thomas Sowell, Paul Volcker, Douglas Diamond, Colin Clark, and Olivier Blanchard. After him are Arthur Melvin Okun, Johann Karl Rodbertus, Grigory Yavlinsky, Guy Standing, Leszek Balcerowicz, and Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Chester Barnard ranks 163. Before him are Ernst May, Othmar Schoeck, Dimitri Uznadze, Divna Veković, Kálmán Darányi, and Al Jolson. After him are Alexander Miasnikian, Edgar Rubin, Pierre Benoit, Aloïse Corbaz, Georges Vantongerloo, and Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke. Among people deceased in 1961, Chester Barnard ranks 91. Before him are Arnold Gesell, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Camille Guérin, Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky, Carlos Luz, and Kateryna Bilokur. After him are Hari Singh, Chico Marx, Maurice Tourneur, Louis Rwagasore, Max Weber, and Cuno Amiet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester Barnard ranks 4,761 out of 20,380. Before him are Marcian Hoff (1937), Allan Sandage (1926), Michael Winslow (1958), James Denton (1963), Deborah Birx (1956), and Tommy Thayer (1960). After him are Dean Corll (1939), Edmund White (1940), Elizabeth Banks (1974), John Perkins (1945), Larry Evans (1932), and Winnaretta Singer (1865).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Chester Barnard ranks 81. Before him are Paul Romer (1955), Peter Senge (1947), Hyman Minsky (1919), Thomas Sowell (1930), Paul Volcker (1927), and Douglas Diamond (1953). After him are Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Dennis Meadows (1942), Edward Chamberlin (1899), Leo Huberman (1903), and Joshua Angrist (1960).

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