Management as a Cold War phenomenon?

Abstract

Those who foster the Cold War are 'leading the world toward a massacre because they are abstract. They have cut the world in two and each half is afraid of the other . . . Within this perspective, even men [sic] become abstract. Everybody is the Other, the possible enemy, not to be trusted.'(Jean-Paul Sartre, speech to the Vienna Congrés des Peuples pour la paix, December 1952, quoted in Cohen-Solal, 2005 The Cold War pervaded the lives of people throughout much of the world, affecting not only military (

O Cotidiano E a História: Construindo Novos Olhares Na Administração

“…Naquele momento, começaram a ser estabelecidas as posições em relação aos sindicatos (Frenkel & Shenhav, 2003, ao trabalhador (sua cor e sua posição social) e o papel do indivíduo (Grant & Mills, 2006), tendo a mulher numa posição de subordinação (Runté & Mills, 2006). A administração era vista como um produto "americano", uma sociedade que não teria conflitos internos, ao mesmo tempo que serve como instrumento contra o comunismo (Jacques, 1996;Kelley, Mills, & Cooke, 2009 (Jacques, 1996;Locke, 1996).…”

Guerra Fria e ensino do management no Brasil: o caso da FGV-EAESP

“…The Cold War took place between 1946 and 1989, a crucial period in the development and consolidation of ideas about management, when important theoretical matrices for this kind of thinking were established, such as the Theory of Human Relations, the Theory of Systems and the Socio-technical Theory, to mention just a few (KELLY, MILLS and COOKE, 2006). There is clear evidence that the Cold War affected important theoretical developments in the field.…”

“…It also supplied a long narrative within which the field is embedded during most of its development. This means that, to a considerable extent, the culture that was created at that time, sets out the boundaries of the opportunities that management can deal with, as well as the form and type of management that this field should acclaim (cf.COOKE, MILLS and KELLY, 2005;KELLY, MILLS and COOKE;LANDAU, 2006). Cooke, Mills and Kelly (2005) argue that this culture is characterized by some central features, one of the main ones being an idealization of Americanism and the resulting demonization of non-Americanism (or antiAmericanism).…”

“…This conflict directly affected a large number of the nations of the globe (CF. KELLY, MILLS, COOKE, 2006) The Cold War lasted from the end of the 2nd World War to the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and represents an important epoch for the development and spread of ideas about management and the best way to teach it. Without doubt, an organizational ability has formed a part of our civilization from earliest times but it is within a particular historical and economic context that a specific kind of business administration has emerged.…”

“…This particular type of administration which arose in the US and is held in high esteem because of its effectiveness, efficiency and ability to maximize results, claims to be politically neutral, and is called 'management' (ALCADIPANI and ROSA, 2011). In spite of its importance for the post-war world, it is only recently that the effects of the Cold War have begun to be analyzed in a way that allows thought to be given to the diffusion of ideas about 'management ' (KELLY, MILLS,COOKE, 2006).…”