Horace Lucian Arnold

Horace Lucian Arnold (June 25, 1837 – January 25, 1915[1]) was an American engineer, inventor, engineering journalist and early American writer on management, who wrote about shop management, cost accounting, and other specific management techniques.[2] He also wrote under the names Hugh Dolnar, John Randol,[3] and Henry Roland.

With Henry R. Towne, Henry Metcalfe, Emile Garcke, John Tregoning and Slater Lewis he is known as early systematizer of management of the late 19th century.[4]

  1. ^ Editorial comment in: Industrial management; the engineering magazine. c.1 v.48 1914/15. p. 889
  2. ^ Yates, JoAnne. "Evolving information use in firms, 1850-1920: ideology and information techniques and technologies." (1992).
  3. ^ Jenks, Leland H. "Early phases of the management movement." Administrative Science Quarterly (1960): 421-447.
  4. ^ JoAnne Yates (1993) Control Through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management. p 12