Insight 1: Scientific Management became popular because of concerns about the power of big business
Todd Bridgman - Victoria University of Wellington
Stephan Cummings - University of Iowa
A New History of Management
Insight 11: Management Textbook celebrate teamwork but have forgotten earlier concerns about the loss of individuality, creativity and critical thinking
Insight 12: Understanding Cultural Management as an intensification of control over employees highlights the relevance of past debates about conformity
Insight 14: Collective forms of Leadership can overcome the dangers of individual-based approaches
Insight 15: Challenging the origins of Change Management theory provide a more balance view of stability and change
Insight 2: Adam Smith believed ethical system should underpin economics and management
Insight 17: Milton Friedman and Edward Freeman's theories of Corporate Responsibilities are not the opposites we are led to believe
Reimagine the theories between business and society, Leadership Development and Change Management. What if we approach scientific management in its original context of efficiency through the lens of sustainability or adopt the Transformation Leadership theory as the democratic principle to determine the effectiveness of our corporate and political leaders. Is it possible to reexamine Lewin's research on organizational development and transform the way we view change management, community and Leadership development? What if we take a closer look into Whyte's warning about organization's unhealthy obsession with groupthink? Is it possible to Reimagine the Future without the same thinking that created the problems of today?
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." Albert Einstein