The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In the early 1900s, Frederick Taylor, used “Scientific Management” principles to make the new production lines more efficient. Workers became cogs in the machine; shut off their minds, shut their mouths, and did what engineers and managers told them to do. They had a massive turnover problem.

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McGregor Scientific Management Taylorism Taylor 101

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Guest post from Sophie Wade: Leadership is in the midst of a major makeover. The shift marks a significant move away from Henri Fayol's autocratic “command-and-control” type management theories and methodologies which have been in vogue since the early 1900s. The consequence is a more flexible and fluid concept of leadership.

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Fayol Press Release Scientific Management Drucker 191

HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2021

More than a hundred years ago, Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management laid the foundations for modern human resource management. For workers, AI and ML can help amplify productivity by taking on mundane data entry tasks so that employees can focus on more creative and high-value work.

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Trends Agility Bottom-up Attrition 116

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

This need to publish to make a career has led to increasingly obscure research of almost no value to real businesses, specialization that encourages silo thinking, and a serious disregard of the importance of teaching students to think. Business education Education Leadership development'

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Education Drucker Globalization Trends 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The need to publish to make a career has also led to increased specialization among faculty that, in turn, has encouraged disciplinary silo thinking in both research and teaching. The scientific management emphasis on efficiency and profit at all costs can no longer take precedence over human values.

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