Jean-François Chanlat, Professor Emeritus, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, France, Affiliate Professor, HEC-Montréal, Canada and Guest Professor, Université de Rennes, France. Recipient of the IFSAM (International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management) Award for Exceptional Service to the Management Field Worldwide, 2022. EURAM Distinguished Fellow. Member of the board of la Société Française de Management

• ContentsPART I THE EMERGENCE OF A FIELD (1800–1940)1 The Forerunners: Saint-Simon, Comte, Fourier, Proudhon,Courcelle-Seneuil and Frédéric Le Play 2 The classics (1900–1945) PART II THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OFORGANISATIONAL AND MANAGEMENTSTUDIES IN A CONTEXT OF RECONSTRUCTIONAND THE COLD WAR 3 The Marshall Plan, The French productivity missions and thediscovery of American-style management4 The emergence of contemporary French language research in thefields of work, organization and business studies (1950-1980) 5 The institutionalisation of administrative sciences in the French-speaking worldPART III FRENCH SPEAKING ORGANISATIONALANALYSIS AND ADMINISTRATIVESCIENCES: ORIGINALITY, INFLUENCE, ANDCONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES6 The originality of the French-speaking field7 Contemporary challenges in French-language administrativesciencesConclusion to Against Amnesia

‘Against Amnesia breathes new life into the idea of a human-centered management and organization science. Chanlat roots the idea in a distinct political and cultural tradition and explains its loss in the 20th century. He sets solid foundations for its revival today, when it could not be more desperately needed.’

Jean-François Chanlat, Professor Emeritus, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, France, Affiliate Professor, HEC-Montréal, Canada and Guest Professor, Université de Rennes, France. Recipient of the IFSAM (International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management) Award for Exceptional Service to the Management Field Worldwide, 2022. EURAM Distinguished Fellow. Member of the board of la Société Française de Management

• ContentsPART I THE EMERGENCE OF A FIELD (1800–1940)1 The Forerunners: Saint-Simon, Comte, Fourier, Proudhon,Courcelle-Seneuil and Frédéric Le Play 2 The classics (1900–1945) PART II THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OFORGANISATIONAL AND MANAGEMENTSTUDIES IN A CONTEXT OF RECONSTRUCTIONAND THE COLD WAR 3 The Marshall Plan, The French productivity missions and thediscovery of American-style management4 The emergence of contemporary French language research in thefields of work, organization and business studies (1950-1980) 5 The institutionalisation of administrative sciences in the French-speaking worldPART III FRENCH SPEAKING ORGANISATIONALANALYSIS AND ADMINISTRATIVESCIENCES: ORIGINALITY, INFLUENCE, ANDCONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES6 The originality of the French-speaking field7 Contemporary challenges in French-language administrativesciencesConclusion to Against Amnesia

‘Against Amnesia breathes new life into the idea of a human-centered management and organization science. Chanlat roots the idea in a distinct political and cultural tradition and explains its loss in the 20th century. He sets solid foundations for its revival today, when it could not be more desperately needed.’

Jean-François Chanlat, Professor Emeritus, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL, France, Affiliate Professor, HEC-Montréal, Canada and Guest Professor, Université de Rennes, France. Recipient of the IFSAM (International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management) Award for Exceptional Service to the Management Field Worldwide, 2022. EURAM Distinguished Fellow. Member of the board of la Société Française de Management

• ContentsPART I THE EMERGENCE OF A FIELD (1800–1940)1 The Forerunners: Saint-Simon, Comte, Fourier, Proudhon,Courcelle-Seneuil and Frédéric Le Play 2 The classics (1900–1945) PART II THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OFORGANISATIONAL AND MANAGEMENTSTUDIES IN A CONTEXT OF RECONSTRUCTIONAND THE COLD WAR 3 The Marshall Plan, The French productivity missions and thediscovery of American-style management4 The emergence of contemporary French language research in thefields of work, organization and business studies (1950-1980) 5 The institutionalisation of administrative sciences in the French-speaking worldPART III FRENCH SPEAKING ORGANISATIONALANALYSIS AND ADMINISTRATIVESCIENCES: ORIGINALITY, INFLUENCE, ANDCONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES6 The originality of the French-speaking field7 Contemporary challenges in French-language administrativesciencesConclusion to Against Amnesia

‘Against Amnesia breathes new life into the idea of a human-centered management and organization science. Chanlat roots the idea in a distinct political and cultural tradition and explains its loss in the 20th century. He sets solid foundations for its revival today, when it could not be more desperately needed.’