Journal of Management History: Volume 12 Issue 2

Exploring the future exploiting the past

Mona Ericson

Studies of strategic change are mainly characterized by a linear time view, treating time as a variable, a package of narrative events or as a path that the organization “travels”…

Viewing work historically through art: Incorporating the visual arts into organizational studies

Elizabeth M. Doherty

To contemplate how the arts might inform organizational studies by investigating how historically based visual art images contribute to an understanding of workers' experiences…

Oral history as a classroom tool: learning management theory from the evolution of an organization

Sharon Topping, David Duhon, Stephen Bushardt

The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of oral history to teach students about management history and the implementation of principles of management during the evolution…

Origins of lean management in America: The role of Connecticut businesses

M.L. Emiliani

The purpose of this paper is to provide a historical account of the significant role that Connecticut businesses and business leaders had in the spread of Lean management…

History, ownership forms and corporate governance in India

Kamala Gollakota, Vipin Gupta

The purpose of this paper is to trace the evolution and persistence of different forms of business ownership in conjunction with the values and institutions that shaped those…

Erotic retailing in the UK (1963‐2003): The view from the marketing mix

Tony Kent, Reva Berman Brown

The purpose of this paper is to trace the changes in the retail outlets that supply erotic products and toys. It explores changes in attitude towards these products over the four…

Albert Thomas and scientific management in war and peace, 1914‐1932

Emil Walter‐Busch

Among leaders of the French Socialist Movement, Albert Thomas (1878‐1932) was one of the few steady supporters of scientific management. The purpose of this paper is to describe…

Business ethics from the industrial revolution to the 1960s