Frederick Taylor's scientific management theory uses time-motion studies and four key principles to improve workplace ...

What's the logic behind popular management theories? Discover the pros and cons of these theories in our detailed guide.

Reprint (1st work). New York, N. Y. : Harper, 1911. Reprint (2nd work). New York, N. Y. : D. Van Nostrand, 1914.

This is quite recent. For more than a century, businesses often lost sight of the importance of creating value for others. Many firms pursued the idea of scientific management, i.e. imposing a system ...

One of the most famous statements in management is Frederick Taylor’s dictum in his 1911 book, The Principles of Scientific Management, "In the past, the man has been first; in the future, the system ...

"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." "The Plimpton Press ...