History of Management - What is the Future for Research on the Past?

Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic (1)

1 CSO - Centre de sociologie des organisations (Sciences Po, CNRS)

To manage is, etymologically, to act or operate (agere) with one's hand (manus). In that sense, "management" could be seen as a "genetic feature of humanity". The broad usage of the term, though, is in reality quite recent. (first sentences)

Mots clés: management

Domaines: Gestion et management

Marie-Laure Salles-Djelic. History of Management - What is the Future for Research on the Past?. Gilli Drori; Markus Höllerer; Peter Walgenbach. Global Themes and Local Variations in Organisation and Management, Routledge, pp.90 - 103, 2016, 9780415807685. ⟨hal-01891959⟩