2021-01-282015-01-011900-720501203592SCOPUS;2-s2.0-84962138773http://hdl.handle.net/10784/25182Management came into being thanks to the written works of both Taylor (1911) and Fayol (1916); nevertheless, it is the result of processes that took place during the Industrial Revolution (1780-1900) (archaeological moment). This paper addresses the role that the entrepreneurs’ writings on their work organization practices in industries played in the formation of management during that period. After a critical-hermeneutic review of primary and secondary bibliography, it was found that, before the existence of such works, entrepreneurs had a tradition of expressing their empirical knowledge (management practices) in texts, thereby indicating that writing was fundamental in shaping management as a practice that produces its own theoretical knowledge (discursive practice). © 2015, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. All rights reserved.spahttps://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0120-3592info:eu-repo/semantics/articleDiscursive practiceManagementManagement practicesWriting in management2021-01-28Jurado Jurado, Juan Carlos10.11144/Javeriana.cao28-50.haam