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Harlow Stafford Person (1875-1955) was an economist, manager, and key figure in the Taylor Society.
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Academic career
Person received his PhD in economics from the University of Michigan in 1902.
After graduating from Michigan, Person joined the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Following his successful promotion of scientific management at the school, he became the school's first professor of management.
Taylor Society
While a long-standing supporter of F.W. Taylor, Person objected to Taylor's antagonistic approach to workers and labor unions.
From 1919, Person was secretary of the Taylor Society, which by the end of the 1920s was one of the most progressive business organisations of the period. It promoted cooperation with organized labor.
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