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The purpose of this study is to employ the concepts of the general management of innovation to help explain the extraordinary inventiveness of the Shaker religious community.

Utilizing historical accounts of Shaker philosophy and practice, the paper examines Shaker innovativeness through the lens of the general management of innovation in order to develop a historical interpretation of innovation within the Shaker community.

It was demonstrated that Shaker society possessed a large number of the organizational characteristics, management practices, and values, which have subsequently been found to be positively related to innovative behaviors in modern institutions.

Future research should examine in even greater depth specific values, structure, and practices of Shaker communities as well as focusing on key concepts in other fields such as product, operations, or R&D management to yield additional insights into the management of innovation within organizations.

The paper discusses several managerial actions derived from an examination of Shaker practices related to the general management of innovation that are relevant for contemporary organizations.

This study uses the extant history of Shaker society to examine, illustrate, and help explain contemporary general management of innovation. This exposition should help inform organizations interested in improving their efforts at spurring successful innovation.

Through the application of Hirst’s “forms of knowledge” theory, it is shown that the Shakers’ nineteenth century management principles had many similarities to Deming’s tenets. For example, Shakers were committed to perfection in work, taking their time in pursuit of quality. Training was accomplished through sharing community expertise, apprenticing, and rotating jobs. Also, equality and cooperation were encouraged among the “brothers” and “sisters.” This example of management history research provides a baseline from which management concepts can be understood and potential mistakes avoided.

Lists and describes the Shakers and Shakerism collection in the General Research Division of the New York Public Library. Covers areas including historical studies, spirituality, material culture and comparative studies with other religious groups. Also points to indexes of scholarly periodicals.

Provides students, scholars, and interested parties an introductory essay and selected bibliography of recent resources on the art and material culture of the Shakers, a communitarian religious group who lived in the United States from the 18th to 21st centuries.

Introduces and annotates periodical articles, monographs, and exhibition catalogues examining Shaker art and material culture dating from 1987 to the present.

Provides information about each source, discusses the characteristics of current scholarship on Shaker art, and describes sources that contain unique scholarly contributions and quality reproductions of well and lesser known Shaker objects.

Provides a point of departure for an exploration of Shaker studies, focusing on the art and material culture of the Shakers, and highlights important sources within the growing body of literature on the Shakers.

As the only recent annotated bibliography of material on Shaker art, the article provides access to interdisciplinary resources that are widely scattered within the humanities literature and thus previously difficult to locate. The article also serves to bring resources on Shaker art and material culture to a wider audience, since the special libraries devoted to Shaker collection do not have electronic catalogs, and are largely limited to on‐site access.

Movers & Shakers (M&S) is a project initiative relating to healthy ageing for older adults in Buckinghamshire. This early intervention well‐being programme aims to engage the mind, body and soul of participants by encouraging participation in physical, mental and creative activities and healthy eating initiatives. The Movers & Shakers programme can be adapted to create an individual ‘style’ to suit the specific needs of different communities. This article details how the Movers & Shakers programme has been adapted for use with Asian and Caribbean communities, combining the elements of the programme to create an environment of social inclusion for older people.

We live in the age of the high‐flyer – fast‐rising movers and shakers destined to transform sluggish corporations into entrepreneurial gems. The downside of such simple strategies is finding high‐flyers and then controlling them. Offers words of advice.

LING Dynamic Systems (LDS) has launched a new range of high performance Linear power amplifiers.

THE background to the importance of Ling Dynamic Systems (LDS) in the testing field can be found in the 1950s with the development of amplifiers and dynamic shakers. Although LDS itself was not formed until 1970, various technologies were being exploited in vibration testing which were put to good use in the company which is known worldwide for the manufacture of these systems. It has operated since that time as a wholly British‐owned organisation with a Paris office which was opened a short while afterwards. The company operates in the USA through its own subsidiary, LDS Inc, which has achieved a high growth rate in this market.

MUCH reference is made in the aeronautical field to the flutter problem and the subject is receiving the attention of many persons engaged in research, testing, and design. Many aeronautical engineers are well acquainted with some aspect of the problem, and although only a few are concerned with its several phases it is safe to say that all aeronautical men regard it with some degree of interest. It is fitting, therefore, that although it has been adequately treated by many authors from other points of view, a statement be here made summarizing the flutter problem as one of the aeroplane designer. In order that the exact nature of this problem be appreciated it is first necessary that a few of the fundamentals be reviewed.