Albie DavisThe Essential Mary Parker Follett: Ideas We Need Today

I'm working on my dissertation for my EdD and have come to greatly admire Mary Parker Follett's work. This is almost like a book of poetry; plan to order more copies to give as gifts since it's light read with a lot of impact. Beautifully curated and a wonderful introduction to her seminal works.

Absolutely marvellous collection of Follett quotes and ideas.Mary Parker Follett is a marvel. But some of her work is a little inaccessible.This book makes her central ideas really easy to grasp and interrogate.It is organised well and the selections are just the right length. Great stuff.

This collaborative 'essential' is exquisitely compiled and composed; an absolute must have for the MPF enthusiast or anyone in the field of management.

This is truely a remarkable book and one amazing lady.

It advertises as "a comprehensive selection of texts" but there is not one full essay, paper, or speech of Mary Parker Follett's; only quotes, lists, summaries, and the editors writing about her and interpreting her work. I expected it to have most of her full writings so that I could cite them for a literature review, not be a literature review itself! If you only want a taste, and don't need full texts, this book is fine for you.I've read some of her work in one-off places and was excited that this could be a good selection of her core work. Was very disappointed.