Frederick Winslow Taylor, American industrial engineer, who originated scientific management in business. He was born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Pennsylvania. In 1878, he began working at the Midvale Steel Company. He became foreman of the steel plant and applied himself to studies in the measurement of industrial productivity.  Taylor developed detailed systems intended to gain maximum efficiency from both workers and machines in the factory.  These systems relied on time and motion studies, which help determine the best methods for performing a task in the least amount of time.  In 1898 he became joint discoverer of the Taylor-White process, a method of tempering steel. Taylor served as consulting engineer for several companies. His management methods were published in The Principles of Scientific Management.

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ON THE BOOKSHELF:
The Principles of Scientific Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor / Paperback: 76 pages / Dover Pubns (January 1998)
The basis of modern organization and decision theory, this influential essay has motivated administrators and students of managerial technique for more than 80 years. A ground-breaking, and still-inspiring work.
The One Best Way: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
Robert Kanigel / Paperback: 704 pages /  The MIT Press (March 1, 2005)
Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) was the first efficiency expert, the original time-and-motion man -- the father of scientific management, the inventor of a system that became known, inevitably enough, as Taylorism.
Frederick W. Taylor: The Father of Scientific Management : Myth and Reality
Charles Wrege, Ronald Greenwood / Hardcover: 254 pages / Oxford University Press (March 1, 1998)
The great innovators of management and organization are here as well, including the founders of systematic management, Frederick W. Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth.

ON THE WEB:
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Student paper by Mary Ellen Papesh.
(URL: www.stfrancis.edu/ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/bbios/biograph/fwtaylor.htm)
Taylorism
A careful reading of Taylor's work will reveal that he placed the worker's interest as high as the employer's in his studies, and recognized the importance of the suggestion box, for example, in a machine shop.
(URL: www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/fwt/taylor.html)
Encarta Encyclopedia
The online version is your gateway to 16,000 abriged references, articles and world atlas.
(URL: encarta.msn.com/)
Scientific Management
The son of wealthy Pennsylvania Quakers spent his life studying the workplace, formulating landmark efficiency standards that are still relevant in business today. From PBS series Who Made America?
(URL: www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/taylor_hi.html)
Frederick Winslow Taylor The Principles of Scientific Management
Student paper provided by Eric Eldred.
(URL: melbecon.unimelb.edu.au/het/taylor/ftindex.htm)
Frederick Taylor University
The University offers distance learning undergraduate and graduate degree programs in management and business administration.
(URL: www.ftu.edu)
Frederick Winslow Taylor Collection
In 1933, Stevens Institute of Technology held a Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Graduation of Frederick Winslow Taylor.
(URL: www.lib.stevens-tech.edu/collections/fwtaylor.html)
Frederick W. Taylor: Master of Scientific Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor is a controversial figure in management history. His innovations in industrial engineering, particularly in time and motion studies, paid off in dramatic improvements in productivity.
(URL: www.skymark.com/resources/leaders/taylor.asp)

WORDS OF WISDOM:
"In tomorrows enterprise the knowledge worker will be freed to release creative energy that will result in an era of enormous innovation and discovery, fulfilling the potential and promise of the mind." - Frederick Winslow Taylor