Journal of Management History: Volume 13 Issue 2

Managing between science and industry: An historical analysis of the Philips Research and Development Department's management

Kees Boersma

This paper seeks to deal with the history of Research and Development (R&D) management. It takes the history of the R&D Department of the Royal Philips Electronics of The…

The Nez Perce leadership council: A historical examination of post‐industrial leadership

John Humphreys, Kendra Ingram, Courtney Kernek, Theresa Sadler

This paper aims to show how industrial thinking has led to a myopic focus on individual leadership styles to the potential detriment of a broader understanding of leadership…

Extending the bargaining power model: Eighteenth century lessons from Panton, Leslie and Company in managing political risk

Franz T. Lohrke, Gina W. Simpson, David M. Hunt

This paper seeks to further develop the bargaining power model of political risk management by employing a historical case study to uncover issues not presently considered in the…

The golden age: service management on transatlantic ocean liners

Ray W. Coye, Patrick J. Murphy

The paper seeks to explore lessons in service delivery from an industry that no longer exists. The transatlantic passenger liner dramatizes some of the most unique challenges of…

Managing building projects in ancient China: A comparison with modern‐day project management principles and practices

Low Sui Pheng

The Chinese civilization is an important part of the history of mankind. The purpose of this paper is to show that there are project management lessons to be learned from Chinese…

Knowledge management in monastic communities of the medieval Irish Celtic church

Paul McGrath

This paper aims to use the case of early medieval Irish monasticism to highlight the implicit a historicism of the knowledge management (KM) literature and to show how such a…

Editorial

David Lamond