Purpose The purpose of this paper is to disclose new pathways for research and for understanding the relationship between management, philosophy and history. Design/methodology/approach Textual exegesis of the key protagonists in terms of a critical explanation or interpretation of text....

Purpose Given managerial choices and the sociocultural context in which they are made are at the heart of management history, then an understanding of both is critical. This paper argues that the “late” North (2005) provides such an understanding. Design/methodology/approach This study is a...

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....

Purpose This paper explores the “proto-Keynesian” ideas of progressive members of the scientific management community with regard to micro- and macroeconomic planning/management. Design/methodology/approach Based on a systematic exegetical analysis of articles published in a largely...