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Frederick W. Taylor : the father of scientific management ; myth and reality by Charles D. Wrege, Ronald G. Greenwood. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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In this carefully researched look at Taylor, the much-misunderstood father of scientific management, the authors present a biography/history of both the man and his ideas. They show that Taylor's ideas have a place in the Information Age and that most of the negative ideas we have about scientific management are not grounded in what Taylor actually did. Scientific management, the system of carefully studying, planning, andassigning tasks to manufacture a product in the most efficient mannerpossible, is the brainchild of Frederick W. Taylor. It has been heralded asboth the means of liberating workers from cumbersome manufacturingsystems and the harbinger of mind-numbing factory assembly lines.Authors Charles D. Wrege and Ronald G. Greenwood examine the mythsabout Taylor’s work and the realities of his effect on the modem manufac¬turing process.Although Taylor studied the factories in the early industrial age, hisconclusions on improving productivity can be readily adapted to theinformation age of today. His time study, functional foremanship, dif¬ferential rate piece method of compensation, and numerous scientificallyderived studies offer modem corporations the blueprints for increa

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Author

Charles D. Wrege, Ronald G. Greenwood.

Publisher

Business One Irwin

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9781556235016

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Technology, Memoir, Biography

Rating

4.6 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14