Do you know when the term “business administration” was born?
It is said that the scientific management method devised by Frederick Taylor, who is called the "father of business administration" or the "father of business administration," is the beginning of business administration.
Since he wrote "The Principles of Scientific Management"(*1) in 1911, the history of business administration is about 110 years old.Adam Smith, who is said to be the father of economics, wrote "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776, so economics has a history of about 250 years, and medicine and philosophy have been around for thousands of years. .Compared to them, you can see that business administration is a very young academic field.
*1 Japanese translations include "New Translation: Scientific Management Law" (Translated by Yuko Ariga, Diamond Publishing, 2009).For those interested, read on.
Akira Horigami, Professor, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Administration
