• 3. The Principles of Scientific Management: a Monograph The Principles of Scientific Management is a monograph published by Frederick Winslow Taylor in 1911. 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 Taylors Principles, or Taylorism.The monograph consisted of three sections: Introduction, Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Scientific Management, and Chapter 2 : The Principles of Scientific Management.
• 4. IntroductionT he 1st goal for all good systems is to develop first class men. Taylor pointed out that this can be achieved by the following:1. Point out the great loss the country is suffering through inefficiency in almost all of daily acts.2. Try to convince that the remedy for this inefficiency lies in systematic management, rather than in searching for some unusual or extraordinary man.3. To prove that best management is a true science, resting upon clearly defined laws, rules, and principles, as a foundation, and to show that the fundamental principles of scientific management are applicable to all kinds of human activities, from simplest