Erwin Haskell Schell (29 Sept. 1889 – 1965) was an American engineer,
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of the MIT Department of Business and Engineering from 1930 through 1951.
The school later became the
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Biography
Youth and early career
Born in
Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1889, Schell obtained his BSc from MIT in 1912.
[The Society for the Advancements of Management.
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Erwin H. Schell is the winner for 1938 of the Gilbreth Medal
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After his graduation Schell started his career in industry as operation manager for the
American Locomotive Company in Rhode Island in 1912–13. Next he was resident engineer for H.C. Reynes, Inc. for two years; industrial engineer and labor manager for the
United States Cartridge Company in 1915–16; Treasurer at the Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Company for another years; and industrial engineer at the American International Shipbuilding Corporation for another two years.
Further career
In 1917, Schell became an assistant professor of business management at MIT, a role he served for ten years. In 1929, he was appointed assistant professor of Industrial Management and chair of the department of business management since 1931.
From 1921 to 1923 Schell participated in the Management Counsel of the American International Corporation. And from 1924 to 1928 he was also assistant professor of industrial management at the
Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.
In 1938 he was awarded the
Gilbreth Medal by the Society for the Advancements of Management,
and in 1958 the
Wallace Clark Award.
[ Daniel A. Wren. "Implementing the Gantt chart in Europe and Britain: the contributions of Wallace Clark." Journal of Management History 21.3 (2015): 309–327.]
Selected publications
* Schell, Erwin Haskell, and Harold Hazen Thurlby. ''Problems in industrial management.'' AW Shaw Company, 1927.
* Schell, Erwin Haskell. ''Administrative proficiency in business.'' (1936).
* Schell, Erwin Haskell. ''New strength for new leadership.'' (1942).
* Schell, Erwin Haskell. ''The Technique of Executive Action.'' (1942).
* Schell, Erwin Haskell. ''Technique of executive control.'' (1950).
* Schell, Erwin Haskell. ''Technique of Administration.'' Mcgraw-hill, New York, 1951.
References
External links
Erwin H. Schell, SB '12 – MIT Sloan Alumni MagazineManagement Thought and Action in the Words of Erwin H. Schell
1889 births
1965 deaths
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
MIT Sloan School of Management faculty
People from Kalamazoo, Michigan
20th-century American academics
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