In the 1890s, Fredrick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), regarded by many as the world’s first efficiency expert, arrived at Bethlehem Iron (not yet officially Steel) at the request of company management ...

Photos (Corbis), Illustration by Gluekit. Around the turn of the 20th century, an American engineer named Frederick Winslow Taylor had a nutty idea about increasing industrial productivity.

Winslow R. Taylor Winslow R. “Win” Taylor passed away at home March 20, 2012 after a brief illness. A true gentleman, Winslow embodied style, warmth, intellect, charm and humor. Winslow… ...

Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856-March 21, 1915) was an American mechanical engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. Taylor’s passion was to improve the product while ...

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) was a Quaker whose tombstone in Pennsylvania bears the inscription “The Father of Scientific Management”. He was born to a wealthy family in Philadelphia ...

To seek an answer, reach back to Fredrick Winslow Taylor and the theory of "scientific management" he developed in the first decades of the 20th century. What we do today was set in motion long ago.

The man behind this question was Frederick Winslow Taylor, the author of The Principles of Scientific Management and, by most accounts, the founding father of the whole management business.

Frederick Winslow Taylor. From the Archive. Timeless stories from our 174-year archive handpicked to speak to the news of the day. Email address ...