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This documental paper analyzes what the teaching of administration means --understood as a profession-- from a set of founding stories and reflects on how they have configured as a myth to study organizations. It details how from with the diffusion of those myths it is possible to evoke, but also hide the reason for the significant increase in material well-being that humanity has experienced for just over two centuries. To develop this argument, we develop three topics: the concept of myth, the evidence of the enrichment of the humanity since 1800, and the basic notions postulated by the accounts of the beginning of administration as a profession and science: Scientific Management, "Fordism" and Fayol's principles. The historical antecedents that remain ignored in this set of stories, both in their facts and in their meanings. Finally, we bring a brief reflection on whether these stories together shed light on the unprecedented transformation that the humankind has undergone. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this investigation is to measure the subjective well-being of the Centros de Impulso Social beneficiaries in the state of Guanajuato (Mexico). The research has a quantitative approach and a descriptive scope; the instrument used was a survey of 76 items applied to an incidental sample of 419 beneficiaries in 54 Centers located in 32 of 46 municipalities in the state. In the results, the beneficiaries of the Program perceive a vital satisfaction of 8.89 (scale 0-10); the best valued domains of satisfaction are family life, emotional life, and personal achievements; the mood leans towards positive emotions; and finally, the happiness index is 8.71 (scale 0-10). It is concluded that the Social Program has fulfilled its objective, since the subjective well-being perceived by the beneficiaries is higher than the state and national average. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]