Management in Perspective: The Tactics of Jungle Warfare

Urwick, L.

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“…While some marketing theories have been developed, most theories that have been identifi ed in marketing have been "borrowed," that is, they were developed in other disciplines and then applied to specifi c or general marketing issues. Similar development can be seen in the fi elds of management, industrial engineering, and industrial marketing (Peters et al 2013 ;Urwick 1963 ;Wren 2005 ). Theories can provide new perspectives and help to develop knowledge, and many scholars would argue that borrowing lenses from other disciplines is necessary.…”

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Applying Theories from Other Disciplines to Logistics and Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review

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This systematic literature review focuses on theory-driven research in logistics and supply chain management (LSCM), giving particular attention to the originating disciplines of theories used. It is important to understand the origin of theory and how it has evolved within the LSCM discipline, because learning the past helps scholars understand the present and presage the future. To fulfill that objective, this research catalogs theories that have been used and also begins to identify how, when, and why borrowed theories have been adapted for LSCM research. The major results include theoretical insights such as trends in theory utilization and the methods and topics where theories are typically used or underused. The top five theories that have been used in LSCM research actually represent five different disciplines—management, economics, mathematics, psychology, and sociology—supporting the multidisciplinary nature of LSCM. To summarize this research, a forward-looking perspective is taken to identify potential areas for the application of theory for future LSCM research. Comments are also provided on how researchers are employing more theory in the latest period of LSCM development (2011–2015).

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“…University researchers and teachers in management in general came in for Urwick's criticism. He saw them as disconnected from organizational practice, relying on logic rather than observation, unduly specialized, interested in abstractions rather than organizational experience, dividing into multiple schools of thought and proliferating their own jargon (Urwick, 1956b, 1960, 1963, 1964). Thus, he saw management academics as out of step with the practical concerns of professional managers, pursuing fragmented ideas of interest to themselves rather than developing a holistic practical approach needed by the practising manager (Urwick, 1971; Trinkaus, 1992).…”

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“…What he perceived to be a dislocation between behavioural science research and teaching, and managers' practices and experiences, was for Urwick a major source for his rebuttal of scientific management's critics. Consistently he declared that management must rely on “organised experience” (Urwick, 1952, p. 5; 1964, p. 50) rather than await the completion of sociological and psychological “researches a century or so later” (Urwick, 1963, p. 325).…”

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Rage, rage against the dying of the light: Lyndall Urwick's scientific management

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2011

Journal of Management History

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse and critique Lyndall Urwick's long‐term advocacy of scientific management and its influence upon management thought.Design/methodology/approachAn analysis and critique of Urwick's published writings across 60 years, on the subject of scientific management and organizations, particularly linking his work and arguments to the influence of Frederick Taylor, also positioning him relative to the thinking of leading thinkers such as Henri Fayol.FindingsThis paper argues that the key to understanding his legacy lies in his unique and changing definition of “scientific management”. This was broader than the definition applied by most of his contemporaries and inspired his integrationist project of assimilating Taylorist scientific management into a raft of developing schools of management thought.Research limitations/implicationsUrwick's legacy included a lifetime campaign to reconcile scientific management with succeeding schools of thought, today's management literature stereotyping of some of his contemporary thinkers, and a contribution to management literature's predilection for the labelling of theories and principles.Practical implicationsThe paper argues for returning to original sources to accurately understand the intentions and arguments of early founders of many aspects of today's management practice. It also alerts us to the proclivity of management theory and practice to opt for convenient labels that may represent a variety of historical and contemporary meanings.Originality/valueThe paper offers a critical reflection and assessment of the longest standing advocate of scientific management in the management literature.

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Management in Perspective: The Tactics of Jungle Warfare

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Applying Theories from Other Disciplines to Logistics and Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review

Applying Theories from Other Disciplines to Logistics and Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Review

Rage, rage against the dying of the light: Lyndall Urwick's scientific management

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