Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2014

It has been more than 100 years since Frederick Taylor, an American engineer working in the steel business, published his seminal work on the principles of scientific management. But, for too many companies saddled with approaches to management that are outdated and ineffectual, it presents a seemingly insurmountable challenge.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Traditionally, the discipline of strategy has emphasized a deep understanding of market economics and potential disruptors, the evolution of demand and value expectations, the competencies of the organization, and the role of talent and performance management. Is Apple suddenly a healthcare company? To what extent?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

But the world’s best organizations are calling a truce: They are learning how to turn the potentially destructive power of process and procedure to everyone’s benefit. Taylor , the founder of scientific management who died 100 years ago. Then came the new frontline: enterprise-wide computer systems.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

However, as every trend comes to lose sight of its need for renewal, we are now stuck with an academic system in which business schools are run as if they are deaf, blind, and dumb to a completely new emerging world. The scientific management emphasis on efficiency and profit at all costs can no longer take precedence over human values.

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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. But it marked a decisive shift in the public perception of Taylor's system.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

Traditional mass manufacturing is based on principles of “Scientific Management” that date back to the 19th century. While the production system requires more worker skill and effort, employers have incentives to retain these valuable workers through improved working conditions.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2015

The advent of the modern organization and the practice of management constitutes a “social technology” that has been equally transformative. The forces of technology and management will continue to hold equal sway as the 21st century unfolds. The theme: Claiming Our Humanity — Managing in the Digital Age.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

The combination of the tenure system and the publish-or-perish dictum is crowding our schools with scholars who perform respectable research published in so called A-level journals, but generally of limited value to business. In general, let’s promote more dialogue between companies and academia.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

With Frederick''s Taylor invention of scientific management in the 1880s, and its subsequent assimilation into what we now consider modern management, organizations have used logic and rationality to the eliminate waste, to seek efficiency, and to transfer human knowledge to tools and processes. Courage and Patience.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Below are five pointers to frame and guide the conversation for technology geeks and practitioners to champion the use of auto-analytics in their businesses: Auto-analytics can be understood within the tradition of scientific management. Management science has its roots in experimentation and productivity improvement.

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