... “utopia” is used in relation to scientific management, including flaws and contradictions in the usage of the term, as well as groundwork for further analysis. Originality/value This paper creates new knowledge with regard to scientific management through its focus on descriptions of its utopianism...

... venues and sold tremendously well, inspiring many others to write utopias (see Harner, 2022). In fact, the book was viewed at the time as the second most sold book in the history of U.S. fiction after Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (see Bowman, 1958). Soon after the publication...