Taylor, Frederick Winslow

Taylor, Frederick Winslow. 1947. Scientific Management Comprising Shop Management, The Principles of Scientific Management, and Testimony before the Special House Committee. New York Harper and Brothers. 

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915) is often credited as the father of industrial engineering (Copley 1923). By profession, he was a mechanical engineer and he introduced a lot of techniques for improving the efficiency of the production system. In USA, Henry R. Towne (1844—1924), an ASME member, was one of the pioneers in developing industrial engineering field (http //www.stamfordhistory. org/towne 1905.htm). In 1948, a society called American Instimte of Industrial Engineers was founded (http //www.iienet2.org/). The word American was dropped in 1981. 

Frederick Winslow Taylor introduced the concept of the necessary equipment being in best position for the worker (Boothroyd 2005). 

Another justification is found in the undisputed success of Scientific Management Theory. Introduced by the American engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor at the beginning of the twentieth century. Scientific Management had demonstrated how a breakdown of tasks and activities could serve as the basis for improving work efficiency and had by the 1930s established time-and-motion studies as a practical technique. The basic principles of Scientific Management are ... 

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