Founded in 1887 to meet the need for mechanizing gold extraction in Colombia, the School of Mines of Medellín was a pioneer in training managers in the country. Since 1912, with the creation of the Civil Engineering program —in parallel with technical subjects— other courses were introduced aimed at preparing graduates to manage the public and private companies that were just emerging. This video shows how this purpose, combined with education based on academic rigor, practical work, and integrity, allowed professors, students, and graduates of the School to make very important contributions to administration as a discipline and to the public and private companies they led.
Flor Ángela Marulanda Valencia. PhD in Engineering – Industry and Organizations, MSc in Administration from EAFIT University, Associate Professor at the National University of Colombia. Member of the Research Groups: Business History at EAFIT University and Economics and Environment at the National University of Colombia. Research interests: business history and entrepreneurship. famarulan@unalmed.edu.co.
A basic bibliography on the history of the School of Mines of Medellín and the role of engineers in business development
Dávila, Carlos. Teorías Organizacionales y Administración. Bogotá: Mc Graw Hill, 2001.
Gómez, Carlos. “Informe al Ministro de Instrucción Pública”. Anales de la Escuela de Minas 2. 23 (1924): 875-892.
Marulanda, Flor Ángela y Botero, Sergio. “Ingeniería administrativa: un hito en la historia de la administración en Colombia”. DYNA 169 (2011): 34-42.
Marulanda-Valencia, Flor Ángela y Márquez, José. “La formación de la Escuela de Minas de Medellín y el aporte de sus ingenieros como administradores en organizaciones colombianas públicas y privadas, 1911-1959. En Historia Económica y Empresarial, México-Colombia siglo XIX-XX, coordinado por Juan Carlos López y Mario Cerutti, 97-131. Fondo Editorial Universidad EAFIT: Medellín, 2016.
Mayor, Alberto. Ética, Trabajo y Productividad en Antioquia. Bogotá: Tercer Mundo, 1989.
Mejía, Alfonso. “El obrero y el trabajo en Antioquia”. Anales de la Escuela de Minas 2. 13 (1916): 439-457.
Murray, Pamela. Dreams of Development. Alabama: The University of Alabama, 1997.
Santa-María Alvarez, Peter. Origen, desarrollo y realizaciones de la Escuela de Minas de Medellín. Medellín: Diké, 1989.