ADMS 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Victor Fung, Harvard Business Review, Li & Fung

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1010
• Professor: Alex Browning

Document Summary

In the article, plantations practiced modern management" by catlin rosenthal, the author tries to explain how plantations used scientific management more consistently than factories at the time. She based her research, according to the article, mainly on the accounts kept by the plantations. However, i have not been persuaded by the article. Firstly, this is because of how the article is presented. It seems as if the article is an interview between harvard business review and catlin rosenthal. She did not provide enough evidence to back her claim. While she stated that plantations set standards and kept detailed books, she did not present evidence as to how it is related to scientific management. When she was asked if there was a direct link between fredrick. Taylor and slave management, she stated that she was still researching that. Meaning, she is yet to find an actual link.