The Rationalization Movement in German Industry

Brady, Robert A.

doi:10.1525/9780520349339

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“…Having started in February 1939, Nathhorst assembled a staff of young engineers, among whom Arne Körling was one. Nathhorst and his engineers were familiar with the “rationalization” movement, which was at the time influential in both the USA and in Germany (Reuter, 1930; Brady, 1933; Guillén, 1994). Swedish engineers got their fair share of “rationalization” ideas during their education.…”

Section: Scania-vabis In 1930smentioning

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Cellular manufacturing at Scania-Vabis; continuity and discontinuity in management thought

Benders

Stjernberg

2022

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Purpose This paper aims to document the development of cellular manufacturing at Scania-Vabis, thereby contributing to the history of an organizational idea. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on published sources and interviews to reconstruct the development of cellular manufacturing at Scania-Vabis and its traces. Findings Cellular manufacturing was applied and further developed at Scania-Vabis in the 1940s and 1950s. Nevertheless, it seems to have fallen into oblivion. The key idea resurfaced in the 1970s. Practical implications The authors argue that such “proven technology” should be considered a classical insight in organization design rather than old and thus outdated. Originality/value The authors demonstrate that this form of flow-based organizing is much older than commonly assumed and point to barriers in accumulating knowledge on organizing.

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Section: Scania-vabis In 1930smentioning

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Cellular manufacturing at Scania-Vabis; continuity and discontinuity in management thought

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Stjernberg

2022

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“…Already by 1910, Riesser published his study on the power of German banks." However, German industry consolidated greatly during the Weimar period as part of the Rationalization Movement that associated size with efficiency (Brady 1933). In the late 1920s, the German government commissioned the Enquete Ausschuss (investigating committee) to examine bank power, as well as the creation of trusts during the post-war period of rationalization.…”

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The Small World of Germany and the Durability of National Networks

Kogut

Walker

2001

Am Sociol Rev

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The globalization of financial markets and the concomitant restructuring decisions of firms challenge the historical legacy of national systems of governance. German corporate ownership patterns and restructuring events in the 1990's are examined here in this light. The results show that ownership links among German firms constitute a “small world” that has consequences for understanding mergers and acquisitions. Ownership links form closely-knit clusters affirms that are nonetheless highly connected across the network as a whole. Restructuring events fall squarely in the center of this structure. Despite increasing global competition, the German small world tends to replicate itself. To illustrate this robustness, potential disruptions to the observed German network are simulated. This simulation shows that the properties of the small world remain intact even when ownership ties are changed. These findings suggest that a more global economy in Germany need not lead to the dissolution of the ownership structure, but rather may be associated with a deepening of network ties.

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“…L'expéri ence de l'économie de guerre durant le premier conflit mondial a eu un caractère essentiel dans la fabrique des institutions de l'industrie et dans sa (re)structuration, aussi bien aux États-Unis qu'en France ou en Allemagne. Ces États connurent cependant in fine des trajectoires différentes en termes de modalités de l'économie organisée (Fourgaud, 1919 ;Brady, 1933 ;Kirat, 1990). En France, ce furent des idéaux corporatistes qui marquèrent l'entre-deux-guerres mondiales (Kuisel, 1984).…”

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“…En France, ce furent des idéaux corporatistes qui marquèrent l'entre-deux-guerres mondiales (Kuisel, 1984). Le cas allemand est l'exemple le plus abouti d'une étroite intrication entre l'État et les konzerns, héritée de l'économie de guerre (Fourgaud, 1919 ;Brady, 1933). S'il s'agissait d'un cas spécifique en ce sens que l'économie était déjà cartellisée dans l'avantguerre, l'exemple allemand est très vite repris au cours de la guerre en France (sous l'égide, notamment, de Louis Loucheur, sous-secrétaire d'État à l'artillerie et aux munitions et d'Albert Thomas, ministre de l'Armement et des fabrications de guerre).…”

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