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Debates Within Management History

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The purpose of this chapter is to examine the various debates within management history. Although these debates touch upon epistemology and method, they are not the focus of the chapter. Rather, the chapter focuses on various debates about context, slavery, Taylor, Mayo, the prime movers, and identification of management thinkers. I recap the events, offer explanations, and attempt to develop further research queries.

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Muldoon, J. (2019). Debates Within Management History. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Management History. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62348-1_6-1

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