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Problem #1 Mycoskie is misrepresented. What the author says on page 127 is that:
That is quite different from:
This misrepresantation amounts to a failure of logic and a disregard for the explicit excpetion stated by the author. To state that A is not an attribute of thing T is not equivalent to a statement that T possesses the opposite of A. The statement The stove is not hot does not imply The stove is cold (the stove could be warm). Furthermore, Mycoskie explicitly states that "Not all employers ruled like this" -- so he himself has ruled out universality.
Problem #2 Misunderstanding or disregard for WP:RELY and in particular WP:SCHOLARSHIP
Mycoskie is not an authority on industrial psychology or human resources management so his incidental commentary does not meet the criteria for WP:RELY. The Principles of Scientific Management has been criticised by subject matter experts -- in a substantive manner -- and those criticisms have appeared in peer-reviewed literature.
So, in sum, this section is based on a misrepresentation of a non-significant source. For these reasons I am deleting it. It is better not to include something than to include something that is wrong. AnotherPseudonym ( talk) 01:49, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Problem #1 Mycoskie is misrepresented. What the author says on page 127 is that:
That is quite different from:
This misrepresantation amounts to a failure of logic and a disregard for the explicit excpetion stated by the author. To state that A is not an attribute of thing T is not equivalent to a statement that T possesses the opposite of A. The statement The stove is not hot does not imply The stove is cold (the stove could be warm). Furthermore, Mycoskie explicitly states that "Not all employers ruled like this" -- so he himself has ruled out universality.
Problem #2 Misunderstanding or disregard for WP:RELY and in particular WP:SCHOLARSHIP
Mycoskie is not an authority on industrial psychology or human resources management so his incidental commentary does not meet the criteria for WP:RELY. The Principles of Scientific Management has been criticised by subject matter experts -- in a substantive manner -- and those criticisms have appeared in peer-reviewed literature.
So, in sum, this section is based on a misrepresentation of a non-significant source. For these reasons I am deleting it. It is better not to include something than to include something that is wrong. AnotherPseudonym ( talk) 01:49, 30 June 2013 (UTC)