Journal of Management History: Volume 29 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Bradley Bowden

The past masters: the impact of the Evolution of Management Thought on history

Jeffrey Muldoon, Nicholous M. Deal, Douglass Smith, Geethalakshmi Shivanapura Lakshmikanth

The purpose of this article is to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Evolution of Management Thought (EMT), a critically acclaimed text in management and organizational studies…

The Evolution of Management Thought: reflections on narrative structure

Terrance Weatherbee, Gabrielle Durepos

This paper aims to problematize the dominant narrative forms of disciplinary histories of management thought. Specifically, the authors explore the narrative mode of emplotment…

The singular touchstone: the enduring relevance of The Evolution of Management Thought

Jeff Muldoon, Milorad M. Novicevic, Nicholous M. Deal, Michael Buckley

The purpose of this paper is to examine what qualities contributed to the durability of The Evolution of Management Thought (EMT) as a classic that provided scholars a grand…

Firm objects: new realist insights into the sociohistorical ontology of the business enterprise

James Reveley

By engaging with recent debates between management historians over social constructionism, this paper aims to show the merits of adopting a new realist ontology of the business…

How history can inform corporate responsibility: the statutory rule of profit allocation

Emilie Bonhoure

This study aims to present how a historical governance mechanism (a statutory rule of profit allocation) could answer the practical question of profit allocation, thereby…

Accounting and art: the art commissions of the confraternities during the 15th and 16th centuries

Massimo Ciambotti, Federica Palazzi, Francesca Sgrò

This paper aims to investigate the link between accounting, religion and art to understand the managerial approach of the Confraternity of Corpus Domini of Urbino and the…

Towards a model of entrepreneurial behaviour: an evaluation of the history of Fabergé from 1842 to 2017

John L. Thompson, John Day

This paper aims to discuss how over the past 180 years, a succession of largely unrelated entrepreneurs of differing capabilities have either created or recognised and exploited…

Obituary: Alberto Mayor Mora (1945-2021) the father of management history in Colombia

Luis Antonio Orozco, Olga Lucía Anzola-Morales