For the first time in domestic and foreign educational literature, the process of genesis, formation and development of the centuries-old world history of managerial thought is reflected. The textbook presents both the origins of managerial thought relating to the fifth millennium BC, and the latest concepts and paradigms of management at the beginning of the 21st century. Not only the history of the science of management is presented, but also the history of managerial ideas, views, theories that arose in order to solve real management problems.