The Role of the British Government in the Spread of Scientific Management and Fordism in the Interwar Years

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ID10102558
AuthorsWayne Lewchuk (0000-0003-4070-6895, McMaster University, corresponding author), Wayne A Lewchuk
Year1984
Volume44
Issue2
Pages355-361
Publication date1984-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s002205070003196x
OpenAlexW2160783688
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

The slowness with which British firms adopted Scientific Management and Fordism has often been noted.The paper argues that in Britain, management had difficulty controlling labor effort norms after 1870. The state intervened to resolve the issue and in the process became a major proponent of industrial democracy. It is argued that the early interest in industrial democracy retarded the adoption of American methods that assumed a greater degree of managerial control over factory organization

Control (management · Democracy · Economic history · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Factory (object-oriented programming · Fordism · Government (linguistics · Industrial democracy · Management · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scientific management · State (computer science · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Management Theory and Practice · Philosophy

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