Richard H. Lansburgh
Richard Hines Lansburgh (September 26, 1893 - 1942) was an American economist, management consultant, and Professor of Industry at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, known for his work in the field of industrial management. Biography. Lansburgh was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and studied economics at the University of Pennsylvania. There in 1915 he obtained his Bsc in economics, and in 1916 his MA, and in 1918 his PhD in Political Economy with a thesis entitled "Labor turnover." In 1915 Lansburgh had started his life-long academic career at the Wharton School of the University  of Pennsylvania, only interrupted by World War I. From 1917 to 1919 he served in the Ordnance Corps of the United States Army. He started out as First Lieutenant, and got promoted to the rank of Captain and of Major. Back at the Wharton School he was assistant professor from 1919 to 1921, and Professor of Industry until his retirement in the late 1930s. Furthermore Lansburgh served as director of the Pennsylvania Economy League of Southwestern Pennsylvania; as Secretary at the Labor and Industry Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since his appointment by Gifford Pinchot in 1924; as Industrial Officer; at the  First National Bank of Detroit, management consultant and management author. Work. Lansburgh is particularly known for his seminal work in industrial engineering, particularly with the publication of his 1923 book "Industrial Management". The text is designed not to make any original contribution, but to create an overview of the field. In the introduction to the 3rd edition he explained the work as: The work itself consists of seven parts. Reception. The author of "Yardsticks of Management" (1946) remembered Lansburgh for his outstanding opinion about those matters. Lansburgh in 1930 had argued: