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Alfred Marshall's critical analysis of scientific management

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In Industry and Trade, 'A study of industrial technique and business organization; and of their influences on the conditions of various classes and nations' (1919), Alfred Marshall develops a detailed analysis of scientific management, emphasizing not only its unquestionable advantages but also its dangerous limits. Although in the literature Marshall's evaluation of scientific management has been considered rather positive, the author has found it sceptical and definitively critical in many passages of his book. This paper deals with Marshall's analysis in order to underline the reasons why he criticizes Taylor's system, which, at that time, sounded like the greatest expression of modernity.

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  • Katia Caldari, 2007. "Alfred Marshall's critical analysis of scientific management," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(1), pages 55-78.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:14:y:2007:i:1:p:55-78
    DOI: 10.1080/09672560601168405
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    1. Babbage, Charles, 1832. "Economy of Machinery and Manufactures," History of Economic Thought Books, McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought, number babbage1832.
    2. Hobson, John Atkinson, 1914. "Work and Wealth: A Human Evaluation," History of Economic Thought Books, McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought, number hobson1914.
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