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<span style="">Please join the Ivory Tower Working Group for a
discussion of (H of S G2) Grischa Metlay’s research, provisionally
titled:</span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><b>“From Scientific
Management to the Management of Innovation: A History of Managerial
Thought as Told Through Practical Guides”</b><b><O:P></O:P></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="">In
true working group spirit, Grischa will lead a discussion of a set of
texts rather than presenting polished research.<span style=""> </span>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 </span><span style="">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.<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Grischa’s working
hypothesis is that:<span style=""> </span>“In the [early 20<font
class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 10px;">th</span></font> century] managers looked to
science to support claims for increased control in commercial firms
(i.e., a professionalization move).<span style=""> </span>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 .<span style=""> </span>In short, the
relationship between management and science reverses after this turning
point.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span">The
meeting will be held this <b>T</b><b>hursday, Nov 17th, Noon, History
of Science 252</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Lunch will be served.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">The texts are available for photocopying
in the History of Science Department, 4th floor, outside the grad
lounge.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Please RSVP to Ben at</b> <a
href="mailto:jhurlbut@fas.harvard.edu">jhurlbut@fas.harvard.edu<br>
</a></p>
<b>And mark your calendars for a special joint meeting of the ITWG and
the Life Sciences/Environmental Sciences Working Group on Thursday,
December 1 at the special time of 4 p.m., when we will be welcoming Dan
Kevles of Yale University, title TBA!</b><br>
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Kara W. Swanson, B.S., M.A., J.D.
Ph.D. Candidate
History of Science
Harvard University
Science Center 371
Cambridge, MA 02138
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kswanson@fas.harvard.edu">kswanson@fas.harvard.edu</a>
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