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The article focuses on the importance of historical analyses of organization in contemporary organizational science. It states that Max Weber, one of the forefathers of sociology and organizational theory, believed that understanding contemporary institutions came through studying their history. It mentions that modern organizational researchers have abandoned researching historical studies due to the professionalization of sociology and in finding its own identity independent from history and other disciplines. It examines the historical evolution of organizations and differences in work organizations in France and Germany. It mentions that some differences are due to the apprenticeship system of guilds that existed in Germany due to the lack of state-run schools in Germany.