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March 1, 1974Academy of Management Journal

Taylor's Pig-Tale: A Historical Analysis of Frederick W. Taylor's Pig-Iron Experiments.

Charles D. Wrege Amedeo G. Perroni

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Frederick Taylor is cited as the father of scientific management. His account of the loading of pig-iron has been accepted virtually without question. An investigation of that story reveals it to b...

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a110be5216a46d7d51a1867 https://doi.org/10.2307/254767

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