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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Please join Harvard's Ivory
Tower Working Group (ITWG) for a discussion of (H of S G2) Grischa
Metlay’s research, provisionally titled:<br><br>
<b>“From Scientific Management to the Management of Innovation: A History
of Managerial Thought as Told Through Practical Guides”<br>
</b><br>
In true working group spirit, Grischa will lead a discussion of a set of
texts rather than presenting polished research. The texts will
relate to the history of management thinking as it comes out in practical
guides for managers. This will include chapter 9 from Jack Welsh's new
book (_Winning_), a chapter from one of the old management texts (A.M.
Simons, _Production Management Control of Men, Materials, and Machines_,
ch 1 “the use of science in industry”), and the US chapter from Mauro
Guillen's _Models of Management_, which provides a concise treatment of
relationship between economic conditions and managerial thinking in the
US. <br><br>
Grischa’s working hypothesis is that: “In the [early
20<font size=2>th</font> century] managers looked to science to support
claims for increased control in commercial firms (i.e., a
professionalization move). In the later years the texts are
concerned with the management of innovation, which signals the
recognition that the processes underlying the production of scientific
knowledge could be organized and administered via management techniques
. In short, the relationship between management and science
reverses after this turning point.”<br><br>
The meeting will be held this <b>Thursday, Nov 17th, Noon, History of
Science 252<br>
</b><br>
Lunch will be served; please rsvp to Ben at
jhurlbut@fas.harvard.edu<br><br>
The texts are available for photocopying in the History of Science
Department, 4th floor, outside the grad lounge.<br>
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Please note these upcoming ITWG meetings on your calendars:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">The ITWG will also (after a
hiatus for Thanksgiving) be meeting <b>Thursday, Dec. 1</b> for a special
joint meeting with the Life Sciences/Environmental Sciences Working
Group, at the special time of 4 p.m. (Harvard Science Center 469), with
<b>Dan Kevles of Yale Universit</b>y as the speaker (<b>Breeding,
Biotechnology and Agriculture: The Establishment and Protection of
Intellectual Property in Animals Since the Late 18th Century</b>, and on
<b>Thursday, Dec. 15</b>, at the usual time of 12 noon, with Arne
Hessenbruch as the speaker (title TBA).</blockquote><br>
Please RSVP to Ben at
<a href="mailto:jhurlbut@fas.harvard.edu">jhurlbut@fas.harvard.edu</a>
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