Purpose

This paper aims to find common ground between the supposed incompatible meta-historical positioning of positivism and post-positivism through a turn to mnemohistory in management and organizational history.

Design/methodology/approach

Drawing on the idea of creative synthesis and positioning theory, the authors interject concepts from cultural memory studies in historical research on business and organizations to encourage management historians and organization theorists interested in joining the dialogue around how the past is known in the present. Using notions of “aftermath” and “events,” the idea of apositivism is written into historical organization studies to focus on understanding the complex ways of how past events translate into history. The critical historic turn event is raised as an exemplar of these ideas.

Findings

The overview of the emergence of the controversial historic turn in management and organization studies and the positioning of its adherents and antagonists revealed that there may be some commonality between the fragmented sense of the field. It was revealed that effective history vis-à-vis mnemohistory may hold the potential of a shared scholarly ethic.

Originality/value

The research builds on recent work that has sought to bring together the boundaries of management and organizational history. This paper explains how mnemohistory can offer a common position that is instrumental for theorizing the relationships among the past-infused constructs such as organizational heritage, legacy and identity.

中文翻译：

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在文化记忆小径上进行重大的历史性转折

目的

本文旨在通过转向管理和组织历史中的记忆史，在假定的实证主义的元历史定位与后实证主义之间找到共同点。

设计/方法/方法

作者利用创造性的综合和定位理论的思想，将文化记忆研究中的概念插入到企业和组织的历史研究中，以鼓励有兴趣加入对话的管理历史学家和组织理论家了解当前的过去。使用“后果”和“事件”的概念，将肯定主义的思想写进历史组织研究中，以专注于理解过去事件如何转化为历史的复杂方式。作为这些思想的典范，提出了具有历史意义的重大转折事件。

发现

在管理和组织研究中有争议的历史性转折的出现及其拥护者和反对者的定位的概述中，我们发现，在零散的领域意识之间可能存在某些共性。结果表明，相对于记忆史而言，有效的历史可能具有共同的学术伦理的潜力。

创意/价值

该研究基于最近的工作，这些工作试图将管理和组织历史的界限融合在一起。本文解释了记忆历史如何提供一个共同的位置，这有助于理论化过去注入的结构之间的关系，例如组织遗产，遗产和身份。