The Principles of Scientific Management

Name: The Principles of Scientific Management
Author: Frederick Winslow Taylor

by Frederick Winslow Taylor

Foundation of scientific management improving worker efficiency and industrial productivity

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Frederick Winslow Taylor

Frederick Winslow Taylor was an engineer and management consultant who founded the scientific management movement, using time-motion studies to optimize industrial labor. His Principles of Scientific Management, published in 1911, is the foundational text of operations management and productivity science.

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