The Principles of Scientific Management - Hardcover

Taylor, Frederick Winslow

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898061822 ISBN 13: 9780898061826

Publisher: Inst of Industrial Engineers, 1998

Synopsis

Reprint of Taylor's classic 1911 work on industrial management/engineering with a new introduction and an article from Industrial Engineering magazine of October, 1992. Cited in BCL3 . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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From the Back Cover

For more than 80 years, this influential work by Frederick Winslow Taylor—the pioneer of scientific management studies—has inspired administrators and students of managerial techniques to adopt productivity-increasing procedures. Indeed, this book laid the groundwork for modern organization and decision theory.
As an engineer for a steel company, Taylor made careful experiments to determine the best way of performing each operation and the amount of time it required, analyzing the materials, tools, and work sequence, and establishing a clear division of labor between management and workers. His experiments resulted in the formulation of the principles expounded in this remarkable essay, first published in 1911.
Taylor advocated a scientific management system that develops leaders by organizing workers for efficient cooperation, rather than curtailing inefficiency by searching for exceptional leaders someone else has trained. The whole system rests upon a foundation of clearly defined laws and rules. Moreover, the fundamental principles of scientific management apply to all kinds of human activities, from the simplest individual acts to the most elaborate cooperative efforts of mighty corporations. Correct application of these principles, according to Taylor, will yield truly astonishing results.
Unabridged Dover (1998) republication of the work published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1911.

About the Author

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915), widely known as F. W. Taylor, was an American mechanical engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. He is regarded as the father of scientific management, and was one of the first management consultants. Taylor was one of the intellectual leaders of the Efficiency Movement and his ideas, broadly conceived, were highly influential in the Progressive Era.

Edition details

• Publisher: Inst of Industrial Engineers
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0898061822
• ISBN 13: 9780898061826
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 131