Is There Anything “New” in Management? A “Rip Van Winkle” Perspective
H. R. Smith, Archie B. Carroll
Academy of Management Review · 1978 · Volume 3 · Issue 3
Abstract
The article refers to “Is There Anything ‘New’ in Management?,” by Robert M. Fulmer and Daniel A. Wren, and describes the changes that a hypothetical manager, “Rip Van Winkle,” would find after a 40-year sleep. The changes in context and content--or the larger environment and the manager's job--include: socio-environmental trends in social responsibility, occupational safety, and consumerism; and the management-by-objectives theory, which was preceded by “the law of the situation” that was proposed by Mary Parker Follett in the 1920s.
Keywords
VAN Winkle, Rip (Fictitious character), BUSINESS -- History, MANAGEMENT by objectives, CONSUMERISM, SOCIAL responsibility of business, TRENDS, SOCIAL sciences -- Philosophy, THEORY & practice, INDUSTRIES -- Social aspects
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