Belated Recognition for Work Flow Entrepreneurs: A Case of Selective Perception and Amnesia in Management Thought

Authors

Leonard R. Sayles, Columbia University
Alex Stewart, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

17 p.

Publication Date

Spring 1995

Publisher

Wiley

Source Publication

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Source ISSN

1042-2587

Abstract

Recent trends, such as reengineering, require work flow entrepreneurship. Important principles about these practices were recognized in post-World War II field research, but by the 1970s this work suffered neglect. Amnesia was caused by deeply held assumptions of scientific management, and by a search within business schools for academic legitimacy at the expense of praxis, which skewed the perspectives with which organizations were viewed.

Comments

Accepted version. Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Spring 1995): 7-23. DOI. © 1995 SAGE Publications. Used with permission.

Alex Stewart was affiliated with Texas Tech University at the time of publication.

Recommended Citation

Sayles, Leonard R. and Stewart, Alex, "Belated Recognition for Work Flow Entrepreneurs: A Case of Selective Perception and Amnesia in Management Thought" (1995). Management Faculty Research and Publications. 202.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/mgmt_fac/202