Frederick Winslow Taylor: Business Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Business Management
CONTENTS
I. Introduction......................6
II. The Younger Years.................7
III Midvale Steel Company.............n
IV Inventions........................n
V. Pig-Iron Handling Experiments.....n
VI. Shoveling Experiments ............n
VII. Conclusion .......................n
APPENDI................................n
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY..................n
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Illustration 1.................n
2. Illustration 2.................n
3. Illustration 3.................n
4. Illustration 4.................n
5. Illustration 5.................n
LIST OF TABLES
1. Differential Piece Rate Wages..n
2. Table 2........................n
3. Table 3........................n
4. Table 4........................n
5. Table 5........................n
Introduction
This paper is in response to the assignment for a paper and short speech
concerning a person with relevant contributions to the world of management.
Frederick Taylor is affectionately referred to as the "Father of Scientific
Management." The modern systems of manufacturing and management would not be
the examples of efficiency that they are today, without the work of Taylor.
Frederick Taylor was instrumental in bringing industry out of the dark ages by
beginning to revolutionize the way work was approached. Taylor was able to
increase wages, productivity and reduce per piece costs at the same time.
Taylor's work was eventually adopted in a wide array of applications. Taylor's
ideas had a significant influence on the industrial life of all modernized
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