Principles Scientific Management, First Edition

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About this Item: Productivity Press, 2017. Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ships same day or next business day! UPS shipping available (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Used sticker and some writing and/or highlighting. Used books may not include working access code. Used books will not include dust jackets. Seller Inventory # 001081095U

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About this Item: Productivity Press, 2017. Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ships same day or next business day! UPS shipping available (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Used sticker and some writing and/or highlighting. Used books may not include working access code. Used books will not include dust jackets. Seller Inventory # 001081095U

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About this Item: Easton Press, 1993. Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover, bound in full dark maroon with gold trim and gilt edges. 136pp. Silk endpapers , AS NEW. First Easton Press Edition. Seller Inventory # 000066

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About this Item: Harper & Brothers. Condition: Good. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1911. 1st edition. 8vo. 144pp. Good book. Spine slightly cocked. Spine sunned; edges frayed, crown slightly torn at joint. Boards rubbed, corners frayed. Outer page edges slightly dampstained at corners. Gifter's inscription on front free endpage. Front hinge starting; binding starting in middle signatures. Inquire if you need further information. Seller Inventory # MA06A-07224

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About this Item: Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Pristine. ; Books That Changed the World.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 86328

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About this Item: Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Pristine. ; Books That Changed the World.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 87367

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About this Item: Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 99624

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About this Item: Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Pristine. ; Easton Press Collector's Library of Famous Editions; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 80171

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About this Item: München / Berlin Verlag von R Oldenbourg, 1913. In Bearbeitung. -. XX,156 S., Gr.-Oktav, dkl.-grüner OLn. mit Einbandschrift u. Verlagssignet in Gold - Dt. Erstausgabe (OA: 1911). Oesterdiekhoff,2001,652 f.; Herz/Weinberger,2006,515 f.; Carter/Muir,1968,717 f. (Nr.403). Klassische Studie der Arbeitswissenschaft und Klassiker der Ökonomie. Mit 14seitigem Vorwort von R. Roesler (v. Dez. 1912). Einband hauchdünn fleckig, oberer Schnitt etw. stockig, 3 Bll. im oberen Rand minimal angestoßen, vereinzelt Bleistift-Anstreichungen, sonst ordentliches Exemplar im Originaleinband. - BEILIEGEND: DERS. / Wallichs, A.: Die Betriebsleitung (insbesondere der Werkstätten. Autorisierte deutsche Bearbeitung der Schrift 'Shop Management'), (Berlin), (Verlag von Julius Springer), (1914), VIII,158(6) S. u. 1 gr. Klapp-Tafel (= 'Zeitbeobachtungen der Handgriffe an Werkzeugmaschinen'), Gr.-Oktav, schwarzer OPp. (hardcover) mit Einbandschrift u. Verlagssignet in Gold - Dritte (= 3.), durch A. Wallichs gegenüber der ersten (1909) u. zweiten (1913) dt. Auflage wesentlich erweiterte Auflage. (Letzte dt. Ausgabe vor dem Tode Taylors 1915). Mit mehreren Tabellen u. (z.T. fotografischen) Abbildungen. TITELBLATT fehlt, die Klapptafel mit Einschnitt (mit Tesa geklebt), 1 Bl. mit minimalem Randeinschnitt, nur ganz vereinzelt leicht fleckig, sonst ordentliches (Arbeits-) Exemplar im Originaleinband und frei von Anstreichungen - Beide Hauptwerke F. W. Taylors zus. - - 5000 gr. Seller Inventory # 9706

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About this Item: New York, Harper & Brothers, 1911. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo, Red cloth with Gold stamped Title and Author's name on cover & spine, an about Fine copy with slight rubbing at bottom spine edge.144pp.(VV3/5). Seller Inventory # ABE-3717790102

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About this Item: Oldenburg, 1913. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First German edition. 8vo, xx, 156pp, original boards, stamp on the title-page. Seller Inventory # FEB R06-151

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About this Item: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1911. Hardcover. First Edition. First commercial edition of Taylor's signal work on industrial productivity, the management bible which brought about the overwhelming shift to "piece-rate" manufacturing in the first few decades of the 20th century. Though "Taylorism" per se did not persist past the Great Depression, Taylor's principles remain influential in the industrial realm, particularly his emphasis upon continuous analysis of "best practices" and the importance of technology transfer. A particularly fresh copy of an important book. PMM 403. Octavo (22.5cm); publisher's red cloth boards, stamped in gilt on front cover and spine; 144pp. A bright, Near Fine copy, spine just slightly cocked and a hint toned, very faint spotting to textblock fore-edge. Seller Inventory # 44284

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About this Item: 1911. TAYLOR, Frederick Winslow. The Principles of Scientific Management. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911. 1st ed. 144pp. Orig. blind-pictorial cloth. Near fine. "F. W. Taylor, an engineer in the Bethlehem Steel Works in Philadelphia, was the originator of what he called `scientific management' now known as `time and motion study.' His system was based on what he estimated to be a fair day's work and the best means of ensuring such a standard of production. He was interested in any factor that hindered or helped in attaining this end"- Printing and the Mind of Man, 403. Norman 2059. "Important discussion of Taylor's basic ideas and techniques on personal management in the factory"-Larson 2662. Seller Inventory # 73316

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About this Item: Harper and Brothers, New York, 1911. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red cloth, lettered in gilt, front cover device in blind. 1st edition thus(matching dates) - 1st trade edition. Cloth is somewhat unevenly faded on both covers, creating a sort of mottled effect, otherwise minor rubbing to spine extremities. Text block edges typically a bit toned by age, with minor soiling to endpapers. 144 pp. Firm binding. The classic pioneering study of worker efficiency. A solid copy with relatively minor faults. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 046978

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About this Item: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911, 1911. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and front board in gilt, publisher's device to front board in blind. Extremities a little rubbed, top corners of boards a little bumped, light ink stain to bottom corner of boards and text block, faint dampstaining to fore edge of front free endpaper and first 8 leaves. A very good, bright copy. First trade edition, preceded only by the privately distributed edition in the same year. "F. W. Taylor, an engineer in the Bethlehem Steel Works in Philadelphia, was the originator of what he called 'scientific management', now known as 'time and motion study'. His system was based on what he estimated to be a fair day's work and the best means of ensuring such a standard of production. He was interested in any factor that hindered or helped in attaining this end, and besides studying factory conditions and methods in great detail he was responsible for fundamental changes in machinery and machine tools. The main lines of approach to increased efficiency were standardising processes and machines, time and motion study, and payment by results, all of which have been welcomed in the USSR, where 'Stakhanovism' is virtually 'Taylorism' renamed, and in Germany, where the Principles was translated and achieved a wide circulation (31,000 copies sold by 1922). The adoption of his methods there contributed notably to the speedy recovery of German production after the First World War. His methods were anathema to trade unionists almost everywhere else" (PMM). Downs, Books That Changed America, 17; Norman 2059; See Printing and the Mind of Man 403. Seller Inventory # 114770

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About this Item: Harper & Brothers, 1911. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Advance edition, prior to trade edition. "This special edition printed in February 1911 for confidential circulation among the members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the compliments of the author". Clean, unmarked book with firm binding and some light external wear to corners and ends of spine. Seller Inventory # 000132

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About this Item: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1911., 1911. ÒTaylorÕs principal contribution to engineering was the development, with Maunsel White, of a new method of tempering tool steel which permitted metal-cutting at very high speedsÓ (Printing and the Mind of Man 403). Octavo. [3]-77 pp. PublisherÕs green cloth ruled in blind on front board, gilt-lettered spine. Corners lightly rubbed, minor wear to crown and foot of spine. Very slight soiling to rear board. A very good copy. ÒSpecial edition published in February 1911 for confidential circulation among the members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the compliments of the author.Ó The first trade edition, in a red cloth binding, was published later that same year. Seller Inventory # 16490

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About this Item: New York, Harper & Brothers, 1911. 8vo. In the original embossed dark green full cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Capitals and corners with minor wear and a 2 cm long tear on p. 71, not affecting the text. Otherwise a very nice and well preserved copy. 77 pp. First printing of Taylor's seminal work on 'scientific management' or 'time and motion study', which became the very first business bestseller and sparked an entire revolution in business management, today known as 'Taylorism'. -Taylor is today regarded, due to the ideas presented in the present work, as one of the most original and influential management thinkers of all time."The main lines of approach to increased efficiency were standardizing processes and machines, time and motion study. [.] The adoption of his methods contributed notably to the speedy recovery of German production after the First World War". (DSB)."Frederick W. Taylor was the first man in recorded history who deemed work deserving of systematic observation and study. On Taylor's 'scientific management' rests, above all, the tremendous surge of affluence in the last seventy-five years which has lifted the working masses in the developed countries well above any level recorded before, even for the well-to-do. Taylor, though the Isaac Newton (or perhaps the Archimedes) of the science of work, laid only first foundations, however. Not much has been added to them since - even though he has been dead all of sixty years." (Drucker, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, 1974, p. 181)"Taylor's greatest work, "The Principles of Scientific Management", was the very first business bestseller. Its influence spread to unlikely places. It was translated early into French and inspired Henri Fayol. In Russia, Lenin at one stage exhorted Soviet workers to "try out every scientific and progressive suggestion of the Taylor system". Subsequent failure to achieve Taylor-like production targets led many Soviet workers to the gulag." (The Economist)Today scientific management, sometimes known as Taylorism, is often seen as a system that has no room for the nuances of human nature in its urge to find ever greater manual efficiency. But Taylor himself is universally acknowledged to have been one of the most original and influential management thinkers of all time. His biographer, Robert Kanigel, wrote: "After Ford and Taylor got through with them, most jobs needed less of everything-less brains, less muscle, less independence." (Ibid.).PMM 403. Seller Inventory # 45323

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About this Item: Harper and Brothers, New York, 1911. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first issue. (Special edition printed in February 1911 for confidential circulation among the members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the compliments of the author.) 77 p. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine.Near Fine. Very faint staining to back cover corner. Very light waviness to pages. Rare, especially in such nice condition. The author was the maverick originator of "scientific management" and the best-known exponent of workplace time studies. Seller Inventory # 150728001

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