[Part 4. A Widening World (1886-1900). 4] The One Best Way. Frederick Winslow and the Enigma of Efficiency
The one best way. Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
- As much as he appeared to have achieved, the period 1893 to 1898 was actually a series of failures for Frederick Taylor.
- Even though he was extremely productive, he wrote papers, took part in patent suits, toured factories, sketched designs, etc and even ran a lathe machine.
- Taylor was often thrown into the thick of problems, with his management techniques expected to fix things immediately.
- Taylor learnt cost accounting during this time. This was to be a great influence on his engineering.
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