Henry Metcalfe (military officer)

Captain Henry Metcalfe

Captain Henry Metcalfe (October 29, 1847 – August 17, 1927) was an officer in the United States Army Ordnance Corps, inventor and early organizational theorist, known for his 1873 invention of a detachable magazine for small arms,[1] for his work on modern management accounting,[2][3] the development of the "time card" and his theory on the role of middle management.[4]

  1. ^ United States. War Department (1873) Annual Report of the Secretary of War. Volume 3, page 91
  2. ^ Michael Chatfield. "Henri Metcalfe," in: History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia. Michael Chatfield, Richard Vangermeersch eds. 1996/2014. pages 269–70.
  3. ^ Roman L. Weil, Michael W. Maher (2005). Handbook of Cost Management. p. 736.
  4. ^ Quentin R. Skrabec (2003) In Search of the Lost Grail of Middle Management. page 4