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There has, in recent times, been an increasing interest in history,
broadly defined, among management scholars. But what specifically a
historical approach or perspective can contribute to research on
organizational fields, organizations, strategy etc. and how exactly
such historical research should be carried out remain questions
that have been answered only partially, if at all. Building on the
authors' prior and ongoing work, History in Management and
Organization Studies: From Margins to Mainstream is unique in
presenting a comprehensive and integrated view of how history has
informed management research with a focus on organization theory
and strategy. More specifically, the volume provides an overview of
how the relationship been history and management scholarship has
evolved from the 19th century until today, focusing mainly on the
post-World War II period; and systematically surveys the kind of
research programs within organization theory and strategy that have
used historical data and/or history as a theoretical construct,
while also identifying the remaining "blind spots". As a whole, it
offers a kind of roadmap for management scholars and historians to
situate their research and, hopefully, find new roads for others to
travel. The book is intended for anybody conducting or planning to
conduct historical research within management and organization
studies, and aims, in particular, at becoming a standard feature of
research methods courses in business schools and departments of
management.
Fifty years on from the Marshall Plan, this volume describes the
influence of the US management model on Europe after 1945. It
examines institutions assisting in American efforts at a national
and international level and analyzes in detail the reaction to the
US productivity drive in a wide range of European companies,
industries and countries.
Defining Management charts the expansion of management as an idea
and practice from a time when it was limited to churches and
households to its current ubiquity, focusing in particular on the
role of business schools, consultants, and business media in this
process. How did an entire industry develop around business
schools, consultants, and business media who are now widely
considered the authorities regarding best management practice? This
book shows how these actors - on their own and in interaction -
became taken-for-granted and gained such definitional power over
management and managers, expanded across the globe from often
modest and not always respected origins, and impacted, and continue
to impact businesses and, increasingly, the broader economic and
social context. Building on extant and some new research, the book
is unique in bringing together issues and actors that have been
examined elsewhere separately. Any student or professional of
management interested in the evolution of their field or the rise
of business schools, consultants and business media will find this
book both novel and thought-provoking.
This edited volume examines the American influence on West German
and Japanese industry from the 1950s to the 1970s, providing a
valuable contribution to the debate on 'Americanization' from a
historical and comparative perspective. Individual contributions
provide an in-depth analysis of the adoption and modification of
management and technological issues from the US in West Germany and
Japan at the micro-economic level.
This book examines the mechanisms and channels through which
American managerial know-how and US management models were
transferred to Europe after 1945, as well as the actual influence
on European industries, companies and regions in the 1950s and
1960s. It explores the role of the European Productivity Agency,
business leaders, US multinationals, regional networks and
institutions, as well as the actual transfer process and potential
political, cultural and institutional barriers. The final section
contains the cases of three European companies which adopted
American Management methods to a considerable extent during the
1950s and 1960s.
Contents: 1. Americanisation: historical and conceptual issues Akira Kudo, Matthias Kipping and Harm G. Schröter 2. 'Importing' American ideas to West Germany, 1940s to 1970s: from associations to private consultancies Matthias Kipping 3. Paths to Americanisation in post-war Japan Satoshi Sasaki 4. Driving the West German consumer society: the introduction of US-style production and marketing at Volkswagen, 1945-70 Christian Kleinschmidt 5. Americanisation with the Japanese supplier system in the Japanese automobile industry, 1950-65 Hiorfumi Ueda 6. The Americanisation of the German electrical industry after 1945: Siemens as a case study Wilfried Feldenkirchen 7. The Americanisation and Japanisation of electronics firms in post-war Japan Shin Hasegawa 8. America and the resurgence of the German chemical and rubber industry after the Second World War: Hüls, Glanzstoff and Continental Christian Kleinschmidt 9. The Americanisation of technologies and management in Japan and its multiple effects: the case of Toray Tsuneo Suzuki 10. Reluctant Americanisation? The reaction of Henkel to the influences and competition from the United States Susanne Hilger 11. Emerging post-war-type managers and their learning of American technology and management: the consumer chemicals industry and the case of Kao Akira Judo and Motoi Ihara 12. 'Revolution in trade': the Americanisation of distribution in Germany during the boom years, 1949-75 Harm G. Schröter 13. American influences and Japanese innovation in the distribution industry: changes of supermarket system from the 1950s until the 1970s Mika Takaoka and Takeo Kikkawa
There has, in recent times, been an increasing interest in history,
broadly defined, among management scholars. But what specifically a
historical approach or perspective can contribute to research on
organizational fields, organizations, strategy etc. and how exactly
such historical research should be carried out remain questions
that have been answered only partially, if at all. Building on the
authors' prior and ongoing work, History in Management and
Organization Studies: From Margins to Mainstream is unique in
presenting a comprehensive and integrated view of how history has
informed management research with a focus on organization theory
and strategy. More specifically, the volume provides an overview of
how the relationship been history and management scholarship has
evolved from the 19th century until today, focusing mainly on the
post-World War II period; and systematically surveys the kind of
research programs within organization theory and strategy that have
used historical data and/or history as a theoretical construct,
while also identifying the remaining "blind spots". As a whole, it
offers a kind of roadmap for management scholars and historians to
situate their research and, hopefully, find new roads for others to
travel. The book is intended for anybody conducting or planning to
conduct historical research within management and organization
studies, and aims, in particular, at becoming a standard feature of
research methods courses in business schools and departments of
management.
Defining Management charts the expansion of management as an idea
and practice from a time when it was limited to churches and
households to its current ubiquity, focusing in particular on the
role of business schools, consultants, and business media in this
process. How did an entire industry develop around business
schools, consultants, and business media who are now widely
considered the authorities regarding best management practice? This
book shows how these actors - on their own and in interaction -
became taken-for-granted and gained such definitional power over
management and managers, expanded across the globe from often
modest and not always respected origins, and impacted, and continue
to impact businesses and, increasingly, the broader economic and
social context. Building on extant and some new research, the book
is unique in bringing together issues and actors that have been
examined elsewhere separately. Any student or professional of
management interested in the evolution of their field or the rise
of business schools, consultants and business media will find this
book both novel and thought-provoking.
Capitalism has been an unprecedented engine of wealth creation for
many centuries, leading to sustained productivity gains and
long-term growth and lifting an increasing proportion of humanity
out of poverty. But its effects, and hence its future, have come
increasingly under question: Is capitalism still improving wealth
and well-being for the many? Or, is long-term value creation being
sacrificed to the pressures of short-termism, with potentially
far-reaching consequences for society, the natural environment,
prosperity, and global order? Building on a collaboration between
the Schulich School of Business and global management consultancy
McKinsey & Company, this volume reflects both the urgency of
the needed action and the tremendous opportunity to forge consensus
and catalyze a lasting movement toward a more responsible,
long-term, and sustainable model of capitalism. This unique volume
brings together many of the leading proponents for a reformed,
re-imagined capitalism from the Afields of academia, business, and
NGOs. Its contributors have been at the forefront of thought and
action in regard to the future of capitalism. Both individually and
collectively, they provide powerful suggestions of what such a
long-term oriented model of capitalism should look like and how it
can be achieved. Drawing on their research and professional
experience, they write in an accessible style aiming to reach the
broad audiences required to turn a re-imagined capitalism into a
reality.
Management consultants of various kinds play an important role in
the world of business, and within other types of organization. The
Oxford Handbook on Management Consulting is a comprehensive
overview of eminent thinking and research on management consultancy
with contributions from leading international scholars. The first
section provides an account of the historical developments in
management consultancy research, and how current thinking has
evolved from prior work. The second section focuses on disciplinary
and theoretical perspectives on management consulting, their
diversities, areas of synergy, and parallel concerns. The following
sections examine consulting as a knowledge business; the
consultants in management fashion; and the relationship between
management consultants and their clients. The Handbook concludes
with an assessment of areas of future research and debate. By
bringing together a wide range of research and thinking on
management consultancy across different disciplines,
sub-disciplines, and conceptual approaches, the Handbook provides a
comprehensive understanding of both current thinking and future
directions for research.
This volume makes an important contribution to the growing
literature on management consulting. It brings together
international contributors from a wide variety of backgrounds and
draws on recent empirical research from a diverse range of
countries, consultancy firms, and client companies. The analysis
focuses on three key areas. The first part of the book looks at the
emergence and development of the consulting industry in different
countries and time periods. The interplay between national systemic
context and outside influences is stressed, and the efforts of
consultants to become recognized as 'legitimate' knowledge carriers
by their clients is highlighted, in competition - and sometimes
cooperation - with other suppliers of management knowledge, notably
academia. The volume goes on to consider the generation,
management, and validation of consulting knowledge by consultancy
organizations and management gurus, showing how these activities
are influenced not only by the consultancies' own characteristics
in terms of size, structure, and national origin, but also by the
(national and cultural) context in which they are operating, and by
the role of 'gatekeepers', such as book publishers or journalists.
The third part of the book focuses on the nature and dynamics of
the consultancy-client relationship, focusing especially on the
ways in which consultants convince managers of the need to hire
outside advisors; on the reaction of those concerned in the client
organization towards the consultants' recommendations; and on the
methods used by the consultants to overcome the possible reluctance
and resistance from within the organization. From a more
theoretical point of view, the chapters in this volume also show
that research on management consulting has to take into account
different levels of analysis: the consulting industry as a whole
and its position relative to other knowledge providers such as
academia; the specific consultancy organization and its
relationships with internal and external sources of knowledge; and
the particular consultancy project and notably the interplay
between the consultants and the various stakeholders within and
outside the client organization.
This volume examines different aspects of management consulting in an innovative and comprehensive way. The chapters are based on original research and cover a wide range of countries (e.g. Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Germany, Australia, and Norway), consulting firms, and client organizations. They show how the consulting industry managed to reach the importance it has today; how consultancies and management gurus develop new ideas and/or repackage old ones; and how consultants find or retain clients and interact with them in a given project.
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