Scientific Management, Institutionalism, and Business Stabilization: 1903-1923

Bruce, Kyle; Nyland, Chris

doi:10.1080/00213624.2001.11506422

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“…Dennison was much influenced by, but also had an important impact on heterodox economics, particularly on the thinking of John Kenneth Galbraith (Bruce, 2000(Bruce, , 2006. He also made advances in cost accounting (Vollmers, 1999) and he was a pioneer in the study of business cycles (Bruce and Nyland, 2001) and business ethics (McQuaid, 1977;Dennison, 1932), or what we now know as corporate social responsibility. A monographic of treatment of Dennison is an obvious suggestion.…”

Section: Organizational Behaviormentioning

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Bruce

2015

Journal of Management History

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Purpose – This paper aims to identify and fill a gap in the knowledge of the contribution of Henry S. Dennison toward management and organization studies and problematize the assumptions underlying the mainstream understanding of scientific management and human relations. Design/methodology/approach – Primary sources are in the guise of archival papers, as well as published journal articles, books and book chapters; secondary sources in the guise of material about Dennison, as well as interviews with family and friends. Findings – The paper concludes that Dennison made an original and enduring contribution to management theory including, but not isolated to, personnel management, organizational behavior and corporate governance that influenced key thinkers of his times. Practical implications – Dennison was a practicing manager – in fact, he was the president of (what was) his family company which operates today as Avery Dennison – but he still found the time and energy for active public service and to peripatetically articulate his management “praxis”. The paper reveals that much of Dennison’s thoughts and deeds have much relevance today. Among other issues, in his concern with reducing labor turnover and unemployment, in devising and implementing effective personnel management and in his pioneering work on human motivation, group dynamics, goal congruence, worker empowerment and executive compensation, issues of profound importance to business leaders today can be found. Originality/value – To date, only piecemeal attempts have been made to chronicle Dennison’s contributions to management and organization theory, but these have been scattered across the social sciences. There has been neither any systematic, consolidated synthesis of his contributions to management and organization studies nor of his impact on the thinking of key thinkers of his times.

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“…De certa maneira, o rápido crescimento da atividade de consultoria em gestão no período entre Guerras nos Estados Unidos e na Europa se deve à preocupação dos industriais em implementar mecanismos mais capazes de minimizar os efeitos da depressão. Neste sentido, a racionalização dos custos promovida pela Administração Científica era um interessante modelo (Bruce & Nyland, 2001;Kipping, 1997).…”

Section: O Papel Do Taylorismo Na Institucionalização Do Managementunclassified

“…Os acadêmicos das escolas de negócios vislumbraram na proposição taylorista de uma 'ciência da administração' a possibilidade de ampliar o status da formação em negócios, elevando-a de uma esfera operacional para o âmbito decisório. Devido a sua morte em meados da década de 1910, Taylor não teve tempo de atuar ele mesmo na integração de sua doutrina nos cursos de business; entretanto isso foi empreendido pelos integrantes da Taylor Society nos anos seguintes à morte do seu mentor -a própria fundação deste instituto foi feita por acadêmicos de uma escola de negócios (Bruce & Nyland, 2001).…”

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(Re)contando a velha história: reflexões sobre a gênese do Management

Vizeu

2010

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Este trabalho pretender minimizar os problemas da ausência da perspectiva histórica no pensamento acadêmico sobre a Administração. Assim, apresentamos uma reflexão pouco utilizada no mainstream da área sobre as condições históricas que permitiram a emergência do Management enquanto instituição moderna, bem como os fatores que condicionaram sua disseminação. Construímos nossa discussão, revisitando textos seminais de historiadores marxistas e institucionalistas interessados em compreender as bases do processo de industrialização capitalista e a consequente institucionalização do saber e da prática do Management. Primeiramente, é na constituição histórica do capitalismo industrial que se observam as condições plurais de emergência e os elementos primitivos das práticas modernas de gestão e organização do trabalho. Um segundo passo foram as demandas específicas do grupo de engenheiros industriais norte-americanos e europeus. Tendo sido apresentadas em associações de classe e jornais especializados, tais demandas intensificaram o debate sobre a sistematização de princípios de Management, um processo de articulação de classe que teve em Taylor seu mais bem sucedido proponente. Na conclusão, apresentamos algumas implicações sobre o entendimento do Management centrado na reflexão que aqui se propôs sobre sua construção histórica.

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“…In other words, scientific management could help a firm become more efficient. Therefore, Taylor's analysis of private sector production efficiency could also be used by public sector managers to help reduce the booms and busts of the business cycle (Bruce and Nyland, 2001).…”

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Institutions and Government Growth: A Comparison of the 1890s and the 1930s

Garrett¹,

Kozak²,

Rhine³

2010

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Statistics on the size and growth of the U.S. federal government, in addition to public statements by President Franklin Roosevelt, seem to indicate that the Great Depression was the primary event that caused the dramatic growth in government spending and intervention in the private sector that continues to the present day. Through a comparison of the economic conditions of the 1890s and the 1930s, the authors argue that post-1930 government growth in the United States is not the direct result of the Great Depression, but rather is a result of institutional, legal, and societal changes that began in the late 1800s. Thus, the Great Depression did likely trigger increases in government spending and regulatory involvement, but historical factors produced the conditions that tended to lend permanence to the growth of government that occurred during the Great Depression.

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Scientific Management, Institutionalism, and Business Stabilization: 1903-1923

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