Karol Adamiecki (b. March 18, 1866 in Dąbrowa Górnicza - May 16, 1933 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish economist, engineer and management researcher. Professor of Politechnika Warszawska. Founder and first director (1925-1933) of Instytut Naukowej Organizacji in Warsaw. Vicepresident of European Association of Scientific Management (pl. Europejskie Stowarzyszenie Naukowego Zarządzania).

Karol Adamiecki was one of the most famous management researchers in Central and Eastern Europe in his times. He begun his research in the Insitue of Technology in Petersburg, Russia (1884 - 1890), then moved to Poland.

He did majority of his research and observation in the metallurgy area.

He is the author of the law of harmony in management - harmony should be composed of three parts:

• harmony of choice (all production tools should be compatible with each other, with special regard to their output production speed)
• harmony of doing (importance of time coordination, schedules and harmonograms )
• harmony of spirit (importance of creating a good team)

He is the patron of The Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice (pl. Akademia Ekonomiczna im. Karola Adamieckiego w Katowicach).

See also

• List of business theorists
• List of economists

External link

• Important dates in his life and bibliography, in Polish