Journal of Management History: Volume 22 Issue 2

Editorial and note on the writing of management history

Bradley Bowden

The aim of this study is to outline principles for the writing of management history. First, it is argued that if management history is to advance, pessimism of both purpose and…

From Ludlow to Chattanooga and beyond: A century of employee representation plans and the future of the American Labor Movement

Raymond Hogler

The purpose of this paper is to examine the development of employee representation systems in the USA from the Ludlow Massacre of 1914 up to the events in 2015 at the Volkswagen…

Disharmony in New Harmony: insights from the narcissistic leadership of Robert Owen

John H. Humphreys, Milorad M. Novicevic, Mario Hayek, Jane Whitney Gibson, Stephanie S. Pane Haden, Wallace A. Williams, Jr

The purpose of this study is to narratively explore the influence of leader narcissism on leader/follower social exchange. Moreover, while researchers acknowledge that…

Management science, planning, and demand management

Kyle Bruce

This paper explores the “proto-Keynesian” ideas of progressive members of the scientific management community with regard to micro- and macroeconomic planning/management.

Frederick Winslow Taylor, Henry Hallowell Farquhar, and the dilemma of relating management education to organizational practice

Hindy Lauer Schachter

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the approach of Frederick Winslow Taylor and an early shop management proponent and Harvard Business School instructor, Henry Hallowell…

Strategic management cultures: historical connections with science

Gerardo David Abreu Pederzini

The implicit and indirect influence of classical science on strategic management has been of utmost importance in the development of the discipline. Classical science has…

A note on the aphorism “there is nothing as practical as a good theory”

Arthur G. Bedeian

The purpose of this paper is to consider one inaccuracy in the written record of our discipline. That is, how the aphorism “There is nothing as practical as a good theory” came to…