supporters of scientific management. The purpose of this paper is to describe how Thomas developed his ideas about advanced … management thought and practice during and after World War I. Design/methodology/approach – The paper makes extensive use of … him with the directorship of the BIT, Thomas helped to create the International Management Institute (IMI) as a center for …

Purpose – Management is a “hot field” in China, yet little has been written in English about the history of management … in China. Contrary to contemporary management literature, the paper aims to show that Chinese entrepreneurs and managers … were exposed to modern management ideas from the early twentieth century. The paper is an initial exploration of the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce Frederick W. Taylor's lecture on his “task” system of management … details its background. Findings – The paper emphasizes the critical importance of primary sources to the work of management … scholars, not just management history. Originality/value – The paper provides further evidence of the import that needs to be …

Court Justice, was also very influential in promoting the virtues of scientific management in its early period of … general. This paper aims to discuss the relationship between Brandeis and the scientific management movement that evolved over … the key relationship developed between Brandeis and scientific management the paper shows how each was able to thrive …

supplement, or even considered as a replacement to certain modern process management systems. Design/methodology/approach – A … modern process management systems appearing in contemporary literature. Findings – It is found that most modern process … management systems are based on the work of the Gilbreths and other seminal thinkers. However, it is suggested that by paying …

Purpose – The aim of the paper is to evidence the development of scientific management through the lens of … postmodernism. Design/methodology/approach – The four principles of scientific management are deconstructed through a postmodern … lens. Current management practices are analyzed for indicators of development in scientific management. Findings – The …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to discuss the factors that influenced the establishment of modern management into … the pervasive force it is today. It briefly describes modern management and discusses the reasons for this gap in … created the conditions for modern management to be formed and established: social Darwinism and religion, the rise of social …

Management. The methodology used in this study is a review of the original work of Adamiecki and Taylor to find the true meaning … as compared to that of the USA and the Western World and the support of various interest groups and government … the work of Adamiecki, this study contributes to the body of historical management knowledge by focusing on the main …

scientific management, with particular focus on Walter Polakov. Design/methodology/approach A range of original texts have been …, contrary to the views expressed in textbooks and other histories which assert a deep antiworker bias in scientific management … engineer Walter Polakov in the US scientific management movement in the 1910s and 1920s. Originality/value This paper offers …

Taylorism and scientific management, as significant components of productive relations in the USA during the early … work has assumed that the major tenets of scientific management, such as time study, incentive wage schemes, standard … adoptions of the new methods were not concomitant with the prevalence of scientific management literature. Subsequently, the …