The Servants of Power: A History of the use of Social Science in American Industry

This study deals with the industrial use of those disciplines which are primarily and directly concerned with human thought and conduct in the widest sense and which do not emphasize particular aspects of human experience. Thus by "social science" is meant only psychology, sociology, occasionally anthropology, and the new field of human relations. Other social sciences, for example economics and political science, become relevant at a very few points and are dealt with when necessary. chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 Contents Preface ix The Need for Knowledge 3 The Birth of Industrial Psychology 21 War 42 In Search of a Science 58 Hawthorne 76 Hawthorne and Managerial Sociology 96 Depression and Repression 117 War and Peace 139 Human Relations and Power 167 The Servants of Power 191 References 211 Index 261 Baritz’s historical analysis demonstrated that in the first half of the 20th century, groups of social scientists in the service of management emerged, with their offerings being received warmly in genera