Pedagogy in management history: the scholarship of representation

Purpose - This paper aims to reflect on some aspects of pedagogy in management history, using Boyer's model of scholarship as a framework for consideration. Design/methodology/approach - Drawing on Boyer's model of scholarship, this paper considers how one might apply the notion of the "scholarship of representation" to one's teaching efforts in management history. Findings - Satisfied that one's conceptions of the past are developed in ways that, as far as possible, make them useful in creating one's future, one then needs to represent those conceptions in a meaningful way. This paper considers some of the issues of which those seeking to represent those conceptions must be cognisant. Originality/value - Learning from the lessons of management history depends, at least in part, on the quality of the scholarship of representation, which should be a combination of transmission and transformation.