<論文>経営理論の追求とエルトン・メイヨーの就任

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The purpose of this article are 1) to clarify why Wallace B. Donham undertook the establishment of Management Theory as an academic discipline at Harvard Business School and 2) to shed light on the process of hiring Elton Mayo. W. B. Donham, as the second dean of Harvard Business School, disagreed with the idea that Business School should consider itself as simply a school of applied economics. He felt that economics alone didn't give executives sufficient information for analyzing complex business situations. Recognizing the importance of human behavior and human relations in industry as well as in society as a whole, Donham rejected the notion of total dependence on applied economics. For these reasons, he undertook the establishment of management theory as an academic discipline that could explain the basic human problems in industry. In December 1925,Dean Donham tried to bring Elton Mayo, a psychologist and clinician, to Harvard Business School, but President Lowell opposed the appointment because of financial problems at the school. Rather than give up, Donham turned to Rockefeller Foundation for financial help. A half a year later, Lowell agreed to the hiring, and Mayo accepted the position of associate professor of Industrial Research in August 1926. For Harvard Business School, this was a major first step toward the interdisciplinary study of human behavior.
青森公立大学の論文
1999-03-15