Getting together, living together, thinking together: Management development at Tata Sons 1940-1960

This contribution analyses internal management development activities at Tata Sons during the 1940s and 1950s in India. The existing literature has concentrated on the establishment of management education programmes at universities, and our understanding of in-company managerial training and develo...

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Published in:Business history 2021, Vol.63 (1), p.127-145
Main Authors: Masrani, Swapnesh K., Perriton, Linda, McKinlay, Alan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capacity building approach
Educational programs
governmentality
Henley staff college
Higher education
Management development
Management development programmes
management education
Sons
Tata
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Summary:This contribution analyses internal management development activities at Tata Sons during the 1940s and 1950s in India. The existing literature has concentrated on the establishment of management education programmes at universities, and our understanding of in-company managerial training and development activities remains very limited. The contribution challenges the commonly held assumption that the American influence on Indian higher education in the post-war period was decisive in shaping management education in general. After 1947, Tata Sons continued to look to Great Britain for management development models to build the internal capacities and management culture that would make governing a diversified business group practical.
ISSN:0007-6791
1743-7938
DOI:10.1080/00076791.2018.1458840