Management Decision: Volume 43 Issue 10

On the value of management history: Absorbing the past to understand the present and inform the future

David Lamond

The purpose of this paper is to consider the value of management history as a contributor to the development of the theory and practice of management and, to the extent that it is…

Speaking about management education: Some history of the search for academic legitimacy and the ownership and control of management knowledge

J.‐C. Spender

The purpose of this paper is to examine the notion of management as a regulated profession and provide a critique of some of the recent critiques of the profession, noting from…

The eighteenth century antecedents of bureaucracy, the Cameralists

Michael Jackson

The purpose of this paper is to show that the master narrative of bureaucracy of Max Weber had deep roots in the development of public administration in Germany.

Timeless advice: Daniel Defoe and small business management

R.H. Hamilton, Patricia L. Hamilton

Daniel Defoe, best known as the author of Robinson Crusoe, was also an early entrepreneur who late in his life published a business text called The Complete English Tradesman. The…

British management theory and practice: the impact of Fayol

Ian Smith, Trevor Boyns

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of Fayol's ideas on both British management thought and practice.

Fads, stereotypes and management gurus: Fayol and Follett today

Lee D. Parker, Philip Ritson

The management profession has a long and well‐documented history adopting and abandoning “fads” promulgated by a series of thinkers, practitioners, and opinion leaders who enjoy a…

Mary van Kleeck, Taylorism and the control of management knowledge

Chris Nyland, Tom Heenan

Motivated by the call of the Congress for Industrial Organizations (CIO) for greater labour involvement in management (a call informed by the principles of the Taylor Society), US…

Maslow: man interrupted: reading management theory in context

Kelly Dye, Albert J. Mills, Terrance Weatherbee

This paper aims to build on recent work in the field of management and historiography that argues that management theorizing needs to be understood in its historical context.

Barnard on conflicts of responsibility: Implications for today's perspectives on transformational and authentic leadership

Milorad M. Novicevic, Walter Davis, Fred Dorn, M. Ronald Buckley, Jo Ann Brown

The purpose of this paper is to reacquaint researchers and practitioners with Barnard's contributions to understanding of the moral conditions that underlie the authenticity of…

Contextual implications for transformational and servant leadership: A historical investigation

John H. Humphreys

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether there is historical support for the proposal of Smith, Montagno and Kuzmenko that the specific cultures associated with…

Strategy in the Battle of Britain and strategic management theory

Robert F. Grattan

The purpose of this paper is to compare the strategy formulation process recorded as being used during the Battle of Britain with concepts from current management theory.