The course builds on ten seminars, where some of the basic works within industrial management will be covered. Each contribution will be discussed in terms of: What is the issue?
Which is the leading idea?
What is the economic, social and technical context?
What are the elements in the suggested solution?
Evidens?
Problematic aspects?
What can be said about the underlying view of man?
How is leadership addressed?
Last but not least: Implications for your own research?
Point of departure is taken in the cradle of industry, the late 18th century and Adam Smith.
The course will end in todays Lean Production – if nothing else pops up during the journey.
The emphasis will be on ideas and less on practical prowess. Surprisingly many of the old concepts survive in one form or another, still often referred to in the debate on postindustrial value creation. We shall identify some of the most central ideas, which are now considered as classics. The grouping in the list below can be disputed, however, but provides some structure. Also, the list is not yet complete.
Early industry – manual produktivity
- Division of work: Adam Smith, Charles Babbage
Mature industry – the technical potential
- Rationalization movement: Fredrick Taylor, Frank Gilbreth, Henry Gantt, Henry Ford
m.fl.
Late industry – the human potential
- Hawthorne
- Human Relations: Maslow, McGregor, Herzberg
- Sociotechnical Systems
- Quality movement: Deming m.fl.
- Lean Production:
Postindustrialism
- Processledning: Hammer & Champy
- Etc