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A Letter About Mary Parker Follett

Our discussion of Mary Parker Follett's "The Giving of Orders" inspired one of our listeners and co-author of a book on Follett's work to contribute a post. Davis provides further background on her works and elaborates on some points made in our conversation.Read More

5: The Law of the Situation – Mary Parker Follett

This episode is a review of one of Mary Parker Follett’s great lectures, "The Giving of Orders," contained in a collection of Follett’s lectures and writings that was assembled by Lyndall Urwick at the end of her life in an effort to preserve her ideas for others. Follett believed that exploring “the science of the situation” involved both management and workers studying the situation together. Read More