Science and Democratic Management
Amelia Davenport provides a brief overview of left-wing approaches to scientific management and argues that this field of inquiry should be embraced by socialist labor …
Taylorism
The Goal: Scientific Management, Lean and Safe Organizations
Matt, Rudy, and Amelia sit down for a critical discussion about contemporary scientific management practices and frameworks, ranging from Lean, the Theory of Constraints, Improvement …
Materialist History or Critical History: A Reply to Jean Allen
Amelia Davenport responds to Jean Allen’s A Critical History of Management Thought, continuing the debate on scientific management. Before diving into the substance of this …
Walter Polakov and the Hidden History of Socialist Scientific Management
Walter Polakov had a combined passion for two seemingly contradictory ideas: scientific management and socialism. How did these two combine? Amelia Davenport interviews Diana Kelly, …
Ending the Eternal Present: A Historical Materialist Account of the 1970s
The 1970s were a time of turmoil and transition. Connor Harney gives a Marxist account of this pivotal decade. Nostalgia for the Past As …
A Critical History of Management Thought
Can capitalist management thought provide solutions to the problems of the socialist movement? Jean Allen urges doubt and skepticism in this critical review of Morgan …
“Taylor’s System and Organization” by Nadezhda Krupskaya
Translation by Mark Alexandrovich, introduction by Renato Flores. Nadezhda Krupskaya is unfairly remembered by the identity of her husband. A glance at her page in …
Stealing Fire From the Gods: Interview with Amelia Davenport
Parker and Donald sit down with Amelia Davenport to discuss her article ‘Organizing for Power: Stealing Fire From the Gods’ and touch on a variety …
Organizing for Power: Stealing Fire From the Gods
Amelia Davenport argues for leftist organizers to reclaim the ideas of Taylor’s Scientific Management, making a broader argument for the relevance of cybernetics, cultural revolution …