Henry C. Metcalf
Henry C. Metcalf | |
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Born | February 22, 1867 Warsaw, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | August 1942 |
Alma mater | Harvard University Humboldt University of Berlin |
Occupation | Organizational theorist |
Henry Clayton Metcalf (February 22, 1867 – August 1942
Biography
Metcalf was born in Warsaw, Illinois to Thomas B. and Mary A. (Chambers). After attending the University High School in Normal, Illinois, he went on to obtain an AB degree from Harvard University in 1894 and a PhD from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1897.[4]
In Autumn 1899 Metcalf was appointed as a college professor at
In 1919 Metcalf moved New York, where he was appointed Professor of Economics at the
Work
Personnel administration (1920)
Metcalf was co-author, with Ordway Tead, of Personnel administration: its principles and practice, generally considered to be the first college level textbook published on the discipline.[9] Tead and Metcalf explained that the purpose of this book was "to set forth the principles and the best prevailing practice in the field of the administration of human relations in industry. It was addressed to employers, personnel executives and employment managers, and to students of personnel administration whether they are in schools of business administration or already in industry in some executive capacity." They hoped that it "will have value, also, for all - managers, workers, consumers - who are interested to advance right human relations in industry, and to secure a productivity which is due to willing human cooperation, interest and creative power."[10]
The field of administrative activity covered by this book includes all those efforts usually included in personnel management, including; employment, health and safety, training, personnel research, service features and joint relations. Also,Tead and Metcalf sought to show the relationship of the personnel problems of each corporation to those of its industry as whole, by considering the activities of employers' associations and the dealings which they may have with organizations of workers (e.g., unions) on a district or national scale.[10]
This book was highly influential in promoting personnel administration as a professional discipline and the personnel administrator as an important member of corporate management.[8] Tead served as an adjunct professor of personnel management at Columbia University for decades and Metcalf founded the Bureau of Personnel Administration to provide continuing education and do research related to the discipline and promote it via seminars and conferences. Based on this work, jointly Metcalf and Tead were considered two of the most influential promoters of personnel administration of the 1920s.[8]
Publications
- Metcalf, Henry C. Industrial and social justice; trial outline and bibliography. 1912.
- Tead, Ordway, and Henry Clayton Metcalf. Personnel administration: its principles and practice. No. 18. McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc., 1920.
- Metcalf, Henry Clayton, ed. Business management as a profession. AW Shaw Company, 1927.
- Metcalf, Henry Clayton, ed. Business leadership. I. Pitman & sons, 1931.
- Tead, Ordway, and Henry Clayton Metcalf. Labor relations under the Recovery act. No. 41. Whittlesey House, 1933.
- Metcalf, Henry C., and Lyndall Urwick, eds. Dynamic administration: the collected papers of Mary Parker Follett. Vol. 3. Routledge, 1942/2003.
References
- ^ Obituary New York Times, Aug. 30, 1942
- ^ Bordin, Edward S. "Psychological counseling." (1955).
- ^ Mahoney, Thomas A., and John R. Deckop. "Evolution of concept and practice in personnel administration/human resource management (PA/HRM)." Journal of Management 12.2 (1986): 223-241.
- ^ a b Harvard College Class of 1894, Secretary's Report No, VI. 1914. p. 181-182; "Vita" in Henry C. Metcalf, "Entwickelungsgeschichte und gegenwärtiger Stand öffentlichen Verkehrswesens von Paris mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des französischen Kommunalsteuersystems" (PhD Diss., Humboldt University Berlin, 1897).
- ^ a b Pauline Graham Mary Parker Follett Prophet of Management. Beard Books, 2003. p. 18
- ^ Russell Miller (1986) Light on the hill: A history of Tufts College, 1852-1952 Chapter 14
- ^ "Notes" in The American Economic Review. Vol. 6 (September 1, 1916)
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8014-4227-8.
- ISBN 978-0-87546-191-5.
- ^ Tead, Ordway, and Henry Clayton Metcalf. Personnel administration: its principles and practice. No. 18. McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc., 1920.
External links
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