(Dan) Wren (born January 8, 1932) is an American business theorist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Oklahoma, especially known for his 1972 book coauthored with Arthur G. Bedeian, entitled "The evolution of management thought.
He received his BSc in Industrial and Personnel Management in 1954 at the University of Missouri, and then went through the ROTC program of the US Air force and was stationed in Germany.
In the 2001 article in Organizational Dynamics Bedeian and Wren gave a listing of the twenty-five most influential management books.
[10] Together with a panel of consultants a first listing was developed, which was further compiled based on a poll of the fellow members of the Academy of Management.
The first ten books in their final listing:[11] About their first choice: They further explained that, "Although Taylor remains the favorite bogeyman of the popular press, the fundamental principle of Taylor's philosophy - the rule of knowledge as opposed to tradition and personal opinion - is as valid today as it was in its time.