Journal of Management History: Volume 16 Issue 4

Management pioneer contributors: 30‐year review

Joyce Thompson Heames, Jacob W. Breland

The purpose of this paper is twofold: to report the number of articles in the business academic literature that have been written about the pioneers depicted in a 1977 Daniel Wren…

The role played by Frederick Taylor in the rise of the academic management fields

Hindy Lauer Schachter

The purpose of this paper is to analyze how Frederick Taylor's achievement as the originator of a science of work provided a theoretical foundation for first generation academic…

Does Max Weber's notion of authority still hold in the twenty‐first century?

Jeffery D. Houghton

The purpose of this brief commentary is to provide a brief overview of Max Weber's life, work, and contributions to management thought before addressing the question of whether…

Chester Barnard's moral persuasion, authenticity, and trust: foundations for leadership

Susan B. Malcolm, Nell Tabor Hartley

The purpose of the paper is to position Chester I. Barnard as a “management pioneer,” someone who offers an example of management theory through moral persuasion, authenticity…

Re‐discovering Barnard: the functions of the … leader?: Highlighting Chester Barnard's contributions for the twenty‐first century business executive

Susana Fernández

The purpose of this paper is to highlight Barnard's groundbreaking ideas, and to interpret his contributions to the philosophy and practice of business as they apply to the…

Henri Fayol, practitioner and theoretician – revered and reviled

Mildred Golden Pryor, Sonia Taneja

Fayol's theories were the original foundation for management as a discipline and as a profession. Also Fayol was the first to advocate management education. Yet he has critics who…

Adam Smith: managerial insights from the father of economics

George R. Crowley, Russell S. Sobel

The paper aims to apply the ideas found in the paper of Adam Smith, the pre‐eminent eighteenth century economist, to the field of management.

Herbert A. Simon on making decisions: enduring insights and bounded rationality

Behrooz Kalantari

The paper aims to explore the life and contributions of one of the most influential management scholars (Herbert A. Simon), who is known as the founder and contributor to many…

Alfred D. Chandler, Jr: historical impact and historical scope of his works

Jack Smothers, Mario Hayek, Leigh Ann Bynum, Milorad M. Novicevic, M. Ronald Buckley, Shawn Carraher

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the life and works of Alfred Chandler and highlight the impact of his thoughts on organizational theory, strategy and history.

A view of entrepreneurship and innovation from the economist “for all seasons”: Joseph S. Schumpeter

Michael Harvey, Timothy Kiessling, Miriam Moeller

The paper seeks to examine the influence of the Austrian School of Economics and its views of innovations and entrepreneurship on one of their champions, Joseph Schumpeter…

Editorial

David Lamond

Special issue on marketing sport through the ages

Special issue on marketing, public policy, and history: looking backward and ahead