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Family and bureaucracy in German industrial management, 1850-1914: Siemens in comparative perspective
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Abstract This study analyzes the changing role of pre-industrial family and bureaucratic traditions in the development of Germany's leading electrical
manufacturing firm. The Siemens company developed a decentralized, multi-divisional structure ten to twenty years before duPont and General
Motors pioneere... view more
This study analyzes the changing role of pre-industrial family and bureaucratic traditions in the development of Germany's leading electrical
manufacturing firm. The Siemens company developed a decentralized, multi-divisional structure ten to twenty years before duPont and General
Motors pioneered a similar organization in the United States. The preindustrial bureaucratic traditions, considered in a multi-national context, facilitated the development of efficient modem management in Germany and help explain the relative success of German industry in the two
decades before World War I.... view less
Keywords
family; bureaucracy; German Reich; industrial enterprise; management; nineteenth century; twentieth century; international comparison; historical development; large-scale enterprise; electrical industry; business management; trust
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations
Social History, Historical Social Research
Management Science
Document language
English
Publication Year
1971
Page/Pages
p. 133-156
Journal
Business history review, 45 (1971) 2
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/122745
ISSN
0007-6805
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