TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to introduce Frederick W. Taylor's lecture on his “task” system of management, given at his home in “Boxley” in 1907.Design/methodology/approach– The paper summarizes the lecture's contents, and details its background.Findings– The paper emphasizes the critical importance of primary sources to the work of management scholars, not just management history.Originality/value– The paper provides further evidence of the import that needs to be attached to sound historical method as a basis for scholarship in management in general, and management history, in particular.
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
SN  - 1751-1348
DO  - 10.1108/17511340810885648
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17511340810885648
AU  - Wrege Charles D.
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - F.W. Taylor's lecture on management, June 4, 1907: an introduction
T2  - Journal of Management History
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 209
EP  - 213
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -