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Classical Management Theory

An Order of Work Project with 15 catalogued works, 15 rights-cleared historical readers, no Canada-withheld status records, and one separate 2026 adaptation.

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Per-witness scope

  1. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1 — 1910 J. M. Dent / E. P. Dutton Everyman's Library edition, 1911 reprint witness. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; Internet Archive access is not a blanket provider licence. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  2. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2 — 1910 J. M. Dent / E. P. Dutton Everyman's Library edition, companion witness with printing date not independently stated. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; Internet Archive access is not a blanket provider licence. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  3. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures — Third edition, enlarged; 1832 imprint [i.e. 1833]. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; exact digitized item marked CC0 1.0 by Smithsonian. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  4. Shop Management — 1911 Harper & Brothers edition. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; raw provider files not cleared for redistribution. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  5. The Principles of Scientific Management — 1911 first published Harper & Brothers edition. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; raw provider files not cleared for redistribution. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  6. Motion Study — 1921 sixth-thousand printing of the 1911 copyrighted work. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; raw provider files not cleared for redistribution. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  7. The Twelve Principles of Efficiency — 1912 Engineering Magazine edition (no edition statement). Readable and searchable. Public domain and free to use/reuse per Library of Congress; public domain in Canada because the expired term was not revived in 2022. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  8. Work, Wages, and Profits — Second edition, revised and enlarged (1913). Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; raw provider files not cleared for redistribution. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  9. Industrial Leadership — First printing, February 1916. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; raw provider files not cleared for redistribution. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  10. Organizing for Work — 1919 Harcourt, Brace and Howe edition. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; raw provider files retained only as research sources. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  11. Administration industrielle et générale — No numbered edition statement; Paris standalone offprint dated 1917 (serial origin: 1916). Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada, the United States, and France/EU; provider labels item Domaine public. OCR-only PDF text layer; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  12. Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft — Erstausgabe, J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Tübingen 1922. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; Germany/EU treatment of the posthumous editorial arrangement remains jurisdiction-specific. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  13. Creative Experience — First edition, April 1924. Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada and the United States; Internet Archive provides no item-level reuse licence. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  14. Scientific Management and Labor — First edition (D. Appleton and Company, New York and London, 1915). Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom; Internet Archive availability is not the rights basis. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.
  15. The Philosophy of Management — First edition (Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1923). Readable and searchable. Public domain in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom; Internet Archive availability is not the rights basis. OCR-only; not fully image-collated. Source witness.

Portrait status

All displayed portrait art is temporary rejected artwork. Oliver Sheldon is represented by a clearly labelled non-likeness placeholder.