African American Management History

Leon C. Prieto is an Associate Professor of Management in Clayton State University's College of Business. He earned his BS in Business Administration from Claflin University, his MBA from Georgia Southern University and his Ph.D. in Human Resource & Leadership Development from Louisiana State University. Simone T. A. Phipps is an Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business at Middle Georgia State University. Dr. Phipps earned her BS in Management Information Science from Claflin University, her MBA from Ohio University and her Ph.D. in Human Resource and Leadership Development from Louisiana State University.

The authors relate the history of African American management and major pioneers who contributed to the black business landscape in the US and achieved cooperative advantage for their organizations through a people-centric approach to engendering spirituality, consensus-building, and dialogue for the benefit of employees, customers, and the community. They argue for the importance of teaching African American management history, then discuss the influence of Booker T. Washington on two black business pioneers, John Merrick and Alonzo Herndon; the management philosophies and work of Charles Clinton Spaulding, who managed the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company; his article on "The Administration of Big Business" and its eight fundamental necessities of management; his article on "Business in Negro Durham" and its four cardinal points of entrepreneurship; the work of Annie Turnbo-Malone and Madame C.J. Walker in the black beauty industry; the contributions and transformational leadership of Maggie L. Walker, the first woman to serve as a bank president; and advice for entrepreneurs and executives to use to gain cooperative advantage.

• An Introduction to African American Management Thought  1. The Case for African American Management History  2. The Servant Leadership of John Merrick & Alonzo Herndon 3. Charles Clinton Spaulding - The Father of African American Management  4. The Eight Fundamental Necessities of Management 5. The Four Cardinal Points of Entrepreneurship 6. The Beauty of Entrepreneurship: A Tribute to Two Pioneering Social Entrepreneurs 7. Maggie Lena Walker: An Embodiment of Transformational Leadership Concluding Thoughts: Gaining a Cooperative Advantage