This article states that the distinctiveness of business history and its convincingness can be improved by the concept of invented tradition and narrative. After a theoretical overview it suggests that the narrative approach explains the way leaders operate in practice. It argues that with a...

In this paper, management fashion theory is criticised based on the fact that it does not pay attention to some relevant differences between fashions. An alternative three stage theory is suggested which can be used to understand and explain observable differences between management fashions....

In this report, we discuss the proliferation of the field of management issues in the Netherlands in the 1950’s and 1960’s. We mainly focus on the role of the consultants and social scientists. The field developed quickly after World War 2. It proliferated itself on a number of issues, such...

Ever since the coordination and control of production processes became a central issue in industrial capitalism, authors have tried to demonstrate in their writings ways in which science can support this need to control on the part of entrepreneurs and managers. Foucault has put much emphasis on...