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Hamilton MacFarland Barksdale and The Du Pont Contributions to Systematic Management*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Ernest Dale  and
Charles Meloy
Ernest Dale
Affiliation:
Research Associate, Cornell University
Charles Meloy
Affiliation:
Research Associate and Consultant, Ernest Dale Associates
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Abstract

This article establishes the contributions of a pioneer American thinker to the theory of administration, scientific management, and the theory (and practice) of human relations. Barksdale did not publish his ideas widely, and his contributions are best known through the men he trained and his own managerial success at Du Pont and General Motors.

Type
Research Article
Information
Business History Review , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , Summer 1962 , pp. 127 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1962

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