LDRLB

MAY 5, 2010

This post is part of a series called “Evidence-Based Management.” Scientific management (or Taylorism) is the first major theory of management. While he served as a foreman at Midvale Steele Company in 1875, Taylor was seeking a way for workers to increase their efficiency.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Scientific Management An industrial engineer in the early 1900s, Frederick Winslow Taylor was obsessed with productivity enhancement. This study examined thousands of managers across industries with two basic parameters: Was the manager successful? That model sits on a strong foundation of pioneering research.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A roundtable conversation on Taylorism and how it shapes management still today.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In the recent past, businesses had only external, third party vendors to rely on for major projects, operational emergencies, and other labor-intensive initiatives that required resources they did not have. Both industrial, machine-like robots and digital, computerized robots have revolutionized the way companies operate.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

JUNE 8, 2023

Operating on that assumption, here are reasons we believe the Situational Leadership ® content has not only withstood the test of time, but it is also actually gaining traction with organizations serious about building leaders and driving behavior change. Consistency of the learning experience, regardless of delivery modality, is another.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Back in 1908, the Army learned of a clever engineer — Frederick Taylor , subsequently dubbed "the father of scientific management" — and his success in making steel manufacturing more productive in Pennsylvania. It was the first worker rebellion against Taylorism.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2013

Frederick Winslow Taylor , regarded as the father of scientific management and one of the first management consultants in the early 1900s, believed workers were incapable of dissecting and improving their jobs. Traditional expert-driven approaches to routine work redesign aren't effective for knowledge work.

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