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Publication date: 12 January 2015

C. Bertrand Thompson and management consulting in Europe, 1917-1934

Daniel A. Wren, Regina A. Greenwood, Julia Teahen and Arthur G. Bedeian

This paper aims to highlight myriad accomplishments of C. Bertrand Thompson, who is perhaps most well known as a scientific-management bibliographer and a Taylor disciple…

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Purpose

This paper aims to highlight myriad accomplishments of C. Bertrand Thompson, who is perhaps most well known as a scientific-management bibliographer and a Taylor disciple, in the belief that his contributions as a pioneer management theorist and consultant in Europe deserve to be more widely known and more deeply appreciated.

Design/methodology/approach

Archival, primary and secondary sources were used in the research.

Findings

Thompson was among the first to bring management consulting to Europe. He understood the importance of adapting scientific-management principles to meet the diverse needs of each client for whom he consulted. Thompson’s strong belief and value system remained constant throughout his life.

Practical implications

Understanding the needs of customers or clients and adapting systems to meet those needs is essential in achieving success as a consultant.

Originality/value

By drawing on rarely accessed published and unpublished materials, this paper discusses Thompson’s many contributions to management thought and practice, most of which previously have not been highlighted in the referent literature.

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Journal of Management History, vol. 21 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JMH-12-2013-0126
ISSN: 1751-1348

Keywords

  • Management
  • Scientific management
  • International management
  • C. Bertrand Thompson
  • Management consulting
  • Taylorism

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Publication date: 1 January 2006

Management and its history: the worthy endeavour of the scribe

David Lamond

This paper introduces the Journal of Management History, relaunched as a stand‐alone journal and explores its raison d'être.

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This paper introduces the Journal of Management History, relaunched as a stand‐alone journal and explores its raison d'être.

Design/methodology/approach

The articles that constitute this first issue of the relaunched journal form the launching pad for this discussion, with these ideas and those from previous research used to comment on the theme of “the worthy endeavour of the scribe”.

Findings

In The Life of Reason, Santayana said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. Managers looking for the “next big thing”, without being able to effectively incorporate it into their experience, and the experience of those who are long gone, are condemned to repeat not just only the past but also the mistakes of the past. Accordingly, it is also critical for management scholars to both recognise and take advantage of earlier thinking and empirical work to inform their contemporary musings and research if they are to provide meaningful frameworks for practitioners.

Originality/value

Drawing on the themes presented in the articles of this issue, the paper demonstrates the value of knowing accurately the history of management thought to scholars and practitioners alike.

Details

Journal of Management History, vol. 12 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/13552520610649696
ISSN: 1751-1348

Keywords

  • Management history
  • Historical research

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Publication date: 8 February 2016

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Journal of Managerial Psychology, vol. 31 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JMP-02-2016-414
ISSN: 0268-3946

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Publication date: 12 January 2015

Objectivism, Lyman Porter and ethical leadership

Shawn Carraher

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Journal of Management History, vol. 21 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JMH-10-2014-0171
ISSN: 1751-1348

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