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title: "Frederick Taylor: Father of Scientific Management"
description: "Frederick Taylor was an American engineer who founded scientific management, influencing industrial efficiency and public administration theory."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915) was an American mechanical engineer who founded scientific management, the systematic study of work to maximize industrial efficiency.
- What are Frederick Taylor's four principles of scientific management?
- How does Taylor's scientific management differ from Henri Fayol's administrative theory?
- Why is Taylorism criticized?
- What is the relationship between Taylor and the Human Relations School?

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In 1911, Frederick Taylor published The Principles of Scientific Management, drawing on his time-and-motion studies of pig-iron handling at Bethlehem Steel to argue for "one best way" of organizing industrial work.

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