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Name: Stephen L. Morgan
Email: s.morgan at unimelb.edu.au
Institution: University of Melbourne
Co-author: none
Title: Scientific Management in China, 1910-1930s
Internet Address of abstracted work:
http://www.management.unimelb.edu.au/research/re_deptPublicationSeries.cfm
By mail:
Department of Management
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria, 3010
AUSTRALIA
Language: English
Abstract:
Chinese industrialists, officials and academics embraced Fredrick W.
Taylor's ideas of scientific management during the 1920s and 1930s.
Scientific management was introduced on a wider scale than is commonly
realized. It influenced the redesign of personnel systems and work
organization, and promoted employee welfare and production efficiency
outcomes. The interest in "new" management extended beyond industrialists
and industry officials to reportage in the popular press. My paper is an
initial exploration of the transfer of management "know-how" or soft
technologies to China, how they were received, and how managers adapted new
practices given the constraints of the Chinese business environment.
Bibliography: Morgan, Stephen L. "Scientific Management in China, 1910-1930s." Working Paper 2003/10012, Department of Management, University of Melbourne.
Subject: B
Geographical Area: 2
Country/Region: China
Time Period: 8
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