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HBR Lives Where Taylorism Died

Harvard Business Review

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's a familiar story with management ideas. HBR's 90th Anniversary: Why Management Matters.

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Business Does Not Need the Humanities — But Humans Do

Harvard Business Review

The movement challenged the influence of Fredrick Taylor’s scientific management, which had reduced workers to unwieldy cogs in efficiency-seeking industrial machines. After the 2008 financial crisis, business schools hastened to add ethics courses. You must be efficient and consistent. You must take sides.

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