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Management History

The historical development of management concepts and practices and the historical roles of the individual managers. Major topics include: historical assessments of the social consequences of management; reexaminations of established historical concepts; the historic role of the behavioral sciences in the emergence of management practices; historical development of management of present-day companies; historical analysis of management philosophy; ways of using historical materials, new directions in historical research and oral history; the importance of a historical perspective in international management; historical aspects of quality control, cultures, and health and safety in the workplace; and topics that, although they may fall within some other division’s domain, draw on historical data that are firmly rooted in a historical perspective.

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  • This PDW builds on the recent revival of research on the role of tradition in organizations. The convoluted challenge that organizations, managers, and workers face is how to leverage traditions as a resource while simultaneously pursuing innovation and ...

  • Dear all Just to make you aware that in addition to the SAGE Business Cases, SAGE also has Research Methods Cases. I recently published a piece there on archival methods in management ( https://methods.sagepub.com/case/archival-historical-research-in-management ...

  • Congratulations, Diego and Ziyun! Best wishes, Mairi ------------------------------ Mairi Maclean Professor University of Bath, School of Management Bath ------------------------------

  • Congratulations also to Diego and Ziyun! Best wishes, Kevin -- Dr. Kevin D. Tennent Reader in Management SBS Management AACSB AoL Coordinator School for Business and Society Tel: +44 (0) 1904 325002 Read ...

  • Dear Management History Division Members, As you may know, the MH DIG elections closed on Wednesday May 17th. We had an amazing list of candidates running in two positions; PDW Chair and Historian-Archivist. The results are in and I am pleased to announce ...

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