... and valuable “form of knowledge.” An earlier version of this manuscript was presented to the Management History Division, 1995 Academy of Management, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Biography Business history History Management © MCB UP Limited 1998 The theory of “forms...

... for meaning. Argues for a metahistorical approach in interpreting management thought and practice in the past. Table AI Element 1 Business history Decision making Management theory Relative to the question, do historical facts speak for themselves, historian Hayden White answers...

... to include distribution and a host of new activities came into view, not least of which was learning how to co‐ordinate relations between production and distribution, or manufacturing and marketing. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Business history Business schools Management education Methods USA...

... Limited 1996 Business history Hermeneutics History Management Management theory Philosophy In short, I come up with a phenomenological philosophy of history. Within this hermeneutical philosophy it is recognized that facts are missing, truth is warped and causality extremely complex...

... offers a classic example of the so‐called Matthew Effect, in which recognition accrues to those of considerable repute and is withheld from those who have not yet made their mark. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Business history Machine tools Management Steel Steel industry When the public...

... qualifications for the “heads of the departments” or “the subordinate officers”[ 10 , p. 186]. White recognized that the heads of departments held the purse strings to advance scientific research and thus could exert a great deal of influence over research efforts: © MCB UP Limited 1996 Business...

... social classes have traditionally entered into different occupations[ 14 ]. Or in Japan, universities place students in organizations where they remain for life[ 15 ]. Thus, it is not true that modern society makes “conflicts of loyalties unavoidable”. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Business history...

... processes William B. Wolf 100 Appendix: an abstract of Barnard s treatment of decisions in The Functions of the Executive, chapters XIII and XIV 102 Index to volume 1, 1995111 Decision processes as analysed by Chester I. Barnard William B. Wolf Business history, Decision making, Intuition, Logic Presents...