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Emerald Article: Luther Gulick on Frederick Taylor and scientific management Paul P. Van Riper

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To cite this document: Paul P. Van Riper, (1995),"Luther Gulick on Frederick Taylor and scientific management", Journal of Management History (Archive), Vol. 1 Iss: 2 pp. 6 - 7 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13552529510088286 Downloaded on: 02-11-2012 Citations: This document has been cited by 2 other documents To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com This document has been downloaded 3320 times since 2005. *

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Luther Gulick on Frederick Taylor and scientific management
Paul P. Van Riper
Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
When Luther Gulick, the distinguished former head of the New York Institute of Public Administration (often called “dean of US public administration”) died on 10

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