Scientific management is the label Frederick Taylor attached to the system of management devised by him. In this article we present our discovery of very different scientific management principles that were developed roughly concurrently with Taylorism by German physicist Ernst Abbe, then owner...

"Scientific management" is the label Frederick Taylor attached to the system of shop-floor management devised by him. In this article, we present our discovery of very different "scientific" management principles that, roughly concurrently with Taylorism, were developed by German...

Although researchers often do it subconsciously, every explanation involves choosing a level of abstraction at which the argument proceeds. The dominant North American style of research in Organization Theory, Strategy, and International Business encourages researchers to frame their...

Abrupte und unvorhersehbare Änderung im Geschäftsumfeld konfrontieren Organisationen regelmässig mit Strategischen Issues. Der adäquate Umgang mit diesen ist entscheidend für das langfristige erfolgreiche Bestehen der Unternehmung. Die Kategorisierung solcher Strategischen Issues als...