History, a useful "science" for management from polemics to controversies

Eric Godelier

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History, a useful "science" for management from polemics to controversies

Eric Godelier

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The aim of this essay is to analyze the way management sciences and practices use history or at least the kind of research which they define as history. This reflection will lead to discussing the possibility and the opportunity that an historical approach might have in creating management knowledge, especially "workable" know-how. A quick look at present-day exchanges between the two communities could lead us to the conclusion that there were tensions in the past that have not entirely evaporated. Might they explain the relative modesty of the dialogue, at least in France?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	791-807
Number of pages	17
Journal	Enterprise and Society
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/es/khp031
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2009

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