IN THIS COLLECTION OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT A 1965 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE (ILO), ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS IN MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT, THE PROBLEMS OF ADAPTING AND TRANSPLANTING MANAGEMENT THEORIES AND PRACTICES FROM HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS TO DEVELOPING NATIONS ARE STRESSED. AN OUTLINE OF THE ROLE OF THE ILO AND THE KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE NEEDED IN REGARD TO SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SYSTEMS IS FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE INDIAN JOINT FAMILY SYSTEM, ETHNIC CONFLICT IN A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION IN NIGERIA, DEMOCRATIZATION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION OF MANAGEMENT IN A SOCIALIST CONTEXT (AS IN EGYPT, YUGOSLAVIA, AND IRAQ), SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL STRATIFICATION AND RELATED INFLUENCES IN GREAT BRITAIN, TIMETABLING AND BUSINESS SCALE PROBLEMS IN TROPICAL ASIAN COUNTRIES, THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL MILIEU OF MANAGEMENT IN MEXICO AND IN CENTRAL AMERICA, THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF JAPANESE INDUSTRIALIZATION AS RELATED TO POSTWAR ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT, AND BELGIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING NATIONS. (THE DOCUMENT INCLUDES STATISTICAL DATA, FOOTNOTES AND REFERENCES, AND APPENDIXES.) THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. (LY)