Foundations of efficiency: a curated guide to scientific management in government and industry. This hardcover‑style reference compiles early 20th‑century works, reports, and periodical articles that shaped how managers studied work, time, and costs to cut waste.
This volume distills a wide range of sources into a practical lookup for researchers, students, and practitioners. It emphasizes standard methods like time study, cost accounting, and labor management, with attention to government shops, military arsenals, and public administration.
- Key ideas and techniques: time studies, wage systems, standardization, and cost keeping.
- A broad sweep of authors and works from Taylor, Emerson, and Brandeis to modern administrators and researchers of the era.
- Government applications: how scientific management was analyzed, debated, and applied in federal, state, and local settings.
- References arranged for quick research into history, policy, and practical management approaches.
Ideal for readers exploring the history of management science, public administration, and the development of efficiency practices in the early 1900s.