The Relevant Past: Why the History of Management Should Be Critical for Our Future
本文指出商学院对历史的处理过于简单和进化论式，以韦伯为例揭示其可疑的呈现方式，并主张培养学生对历史表述的批判性思考，以激发更具创造力的管理思维。
When history is covered in business schools, its simplistic and evolutionary treatment goes largely unquestioned by instructors and students. To demonstrate, we show the representation of Max Weber in management texts to be dubious, a reflection of a peculiar perspective which is driven by a desire to justify the latest management ideas. However, by encouraging students to develop an ability to think critically about historical representations such as these, not only do we foster the benefits others have attributed to a greater historical awareness, we also encourage students to be more creative management thinkers for the future.