"The scalar process is the same form in organization which is sometimes called hierarchical. But in order to avoid all definitional ambiguities the term scalar is much to be preferred. A scale means a series of steps; hence, something graduated."
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James D. Mooney and A.C. Reilley, Onward Industry!, New York: Harper and Bros, 1931. p. 31
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