Failure or precursor? ‘Organisation and Methods’ and the British practitioner tradition of management knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12892540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robbie Guerriero Wilson (University of Stirling, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 277-289 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Management & Organizational History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9359 • E-ISSN: 1744-9367 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449359.2013.804418 |
| OpenAlex | W1541530564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
This paper presents the origins and development of a mid-twentieth-century field of British management knowledge known as Organisation and Methods (O&M). O&M was part of the British practitioner tradition wherein the development of management knowledge focused on serving particular contexts but nonetheless developed ideas and approaches to management that are echoed in current management thought. Using archival material left by various actors in the development of O&M, as well as manuals and handbooks used by O&M practitioners, this paper argues that although O&M did not seemingly make a lasting mark on the development of management thought in the UK, its concerns and practices resonate with a number of modern management concerns – process management, organizational memory, accumulation of employees' tacit knowledge as well as caution over the capabilities of new IT systems
Economics · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Knowledge management · Management · Process (computing · Sociology · Tacit knowledge · Accounting and Organizational Management · Computer Science · Management and Organizational Studies · Management Theory and Practice · Philosophy
The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness
Making of the English Working Class
The Government Machine
The machine should fit the work’
The struggle for management education in Britain
Killing off the father
Masculinity and the Biographical Meanings of Management Theory
The limits of knowledge management
Haldane and the Machinery of Government
The Haldane Committee and the Cabinet
Organisation and Methods
Consultancies, Institutions and the Diffusion of Taylorism in Britain, Germany and France, 1920s to 1950s
The ‘layering’ of management in post-war Britain
Towards a Foundation of Bricolage in Organization and Management Theory
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |