... appeal for women reformers and should prompt a reconsideration of the connections between gender and the scientific management movement. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Gender Scientific management Women Industrial relations History The International Institute of Industrial Relations (IRI...

... from which the synthesis emerges, adding a new, second dimension to this classic argument. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Management History Management theory Social sciences Mary Parker Follett has received significant attention recently for her early insights into the very modern...

... History Politics Conceptions do not develop by themselves; by mingling with concrete situations they do (Follett, 1924, p. 276). In this quote, Mary Parker Follett (1868‐1933) suggests how she should be interpreted and understood. This essay takes her advice seriously. It places her views...

... for contemporary unions and their attitudes toward existing legislation which prohibits certain forms of workplace organization in non-union firms. Next, "The history of Herman Miller, Inc. and the nature of emergence: "emergent all the way down" by Thomas Hench looks at the evolution of another US corporation...

... in 49bc by Julius Caesar. However, five years later on March 15, 44bc, he was assassinated by members of an opposing faction among the Roman ruling class (Grant, 1992). The Roman world was again plunged into civil war. © MCB UP Limited 1999 History Leadership Society Governance...

...Darryl B. Lanoue Based on an analysis of Mexican industrial history, the objective of this study was to identify the historical events and factors which shaped the international business perspectives and management strategies of Mexican industrial groups (MIGs). To this end, the evolution of MIGs...

... Management History The sixth century was a dark and harsh time.The transition that took place “from paganism to Christianity, from Roman domination to independence, and from barbarism to civilization, took place with great violence” (Moss, 1957, p. 47).In this morass of disorder and immorality...

...Jane Whitney Gibson; Richard M. Hodgetts; Charles W. Blackwell This paper reports the results of a Management History Division survey within the Academy of Management which investigated the current status and future direction of management history teaching in the management curriculum and the role...

...Paula Phillips Carson Keywords Management,History Nearly 500 years ago, Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) proclaimed, "History hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over." Such wisdom is as true now as it was during his life. But in order for history...

..., economic self interest, and irrationality will be the eventual undoing of modern organization. Organizational scepticism is now so pervasive that it should be treated as an integral part of the field. © MCB UP Limited 1998 History Organizational theory Philosophy 1956 was a significant...

...Glyn Davies; Roy Davies This is the first part of a detailed annotated chronology of significant events in the history of money in the context of social, economic, political and technological developments from the dawn of civilization until the closing years of the twentieth century. Starting...

...Glyn Davies; Roy Davies This is the second part of a detailed annotated chronology of significant events in the history of money in the context of social, economic, political and technological developments from the dawn of civilization until the closing years of the twentieth century. Part 2 covers...

... at any time on grounds of a sartu (vice) plea (Oppenheim, 1967, p. 234). © MCB UP Limited 1998 History Legislation Warranties Over the course of human civilization, the issue of warranty has been raised on a consistent basis over a wide variety of products and services...

... rates prior to the First World War can be attributed largely to the fact that most nations had established a fixed relationship between their currencies and the gold standard (Roberts, 1920,p. 321). Accounting Currencies History Accounting for the translation of foreign currency is a topic...

... are established: the temporal nature of management analyses mandates adopting a contextual logic of explanation; history serves an indispensable methodological function; and the methods of nonhistorical research, as compared to those of “traditional” historical research, are no less problematic and possess...

...Paula Phillips Carson; Kerry D. Carson Despite interest in management’s evolution, the discipline is devoid of systematic frameworks addressing historiography. Hence, Hirst’s (1965) theory of “forms of knowledge” is applied to demonstrate that management history satisfies his four criteria...

... with searching for an understanding of how those in the industry chose to act in the manner they did. The findings presented demonstrate the extent to which organizational and industry history influence managers′ interpretations of the world in which they exist, and the possibilities for action within...

...‐based view” of strategy, and that instances of independent formulation of nearly‐identical theories present special opportunities for scholars interested in both theory building and theory testing. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Analysis History Management theory Marketing theory Value chain...

... history. Further, it gives highlights of several letters‐to‐the‐editor not mentioned in the primer which show that Taylor was selective about the questions addressed in order to control his image and promote his cause. The letters demonstrate that Upton Sinclair was only one of many who questioned...

...Charles D. Wrege; Ronald G. Greenwood; Regina Greenwood Outlines a new method of discovering original documents related to management history. Uses seemingly insignificant statements in books, articles or original documents to locate documents not listed on any computer database or public archive...