Frederick Winslow Taylor
Frederick Winslow Taylor was born on March 20, 1856 in Philadelphia, USA and died on March 21, 1915 also in Philadelphia. To this day he is usually considered as a founder of modern management and as the first representative of traditional management school. During his career he went through jobs from lab assistant to the chief engineer and CEO of the company. In 1893, he moved to New York and began a career as a consultant (engineer consultant). In 1911, he published his major work “The Principles of Scientific Management”. The author of the term scientific management is said to be a lawyer L. D. Brandeis and it is stated that F. W. Taylor cleverly took it over when he realized its commercial potential.
Frederick Winslow Taylor focused mainly on the organization of work and he came up with serious recommendations regarding its optimization, standardization and ergonomics. He discussed the work in the time frame and examined every move when performing certain activities. Subsequently, according to the results of the best workers, he set norms for the correct way of an activity implementation and he optimized the form of working tools (such as bucket size).
Among Taylor’s management principles belong:
- Clearly defined standard work day
- Standardization and comparability of conditions
- Mutual collegial cooperation and sharing of best business practices
- Linking performance and reward (high reward for fulfillment, a loss for failure)
- Systematic staff training
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