Includes bibliographical references and index.

Missionaries and managers - an introduction; the US technical assistance and productivity programme and the education of western European managers, 1948-58; the European productivity programme agency and the development of management education in western Europe in the 1950s; much ado about nothing? - the US productivity drive and management training in France (1945-1960); sceptics and ungrateful friends vs dreaming social engineers - the Italian business community, the Italian government, the United States and the Comitato Nazionale per la Produttiva; international strategies and national issues - the Comitato Nazionale per la Produttiva and its networks; The European Productivity Agency, the Norwegian Productivity Institute and management education; what you need is a Harvard the American influence on British management education circa 1945-1965.

Arises from a European Union Capital and Mobility Network on The Development of Business Schools in Europe, led by Professor Zamagni of Bologna University. The conference dealt with business school policy, cross-cultural policies, management education in historical perspective, and more.