The Principles of Scientific Management

2014 Reprint of 1911 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. This influential monograph which laid out the principles of scientific management is a seminal text of modern organization and decision theory and has motivated administrators and students of managerial technique. Taylor was an American manufacturing manager mechanical engineer and then a management consultant in his later years. He is often called The Father of Scientific Management. His approach is also often referred to as Taylor's Principles or Taylorism.