Why Management Learning needs history, and what you can do about it

Abstract

As we celebrate 55 years of Management Learning, we ask: What tools of thought can history continue to bring to management learning, both the field and journal? Our provocation features three ways through which management learning can continue to engage with historical analysis. We explore the value of history for reflexivity and critical scholarship and describe a promising tool called historical consciousness. We feel that developing historical consciousness will help to engage in management learning with a historical lens and attitude.