Abstract
PurposeThe 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/approachThe paper summarizes the lecture's contents, and details its background.FindingsThe paper emphasizes the critical importance of primary sources to the work of management scholars, not just management history.Originality/valueThe 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.
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