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Preferred term

Scientific management  

Definition

  • Principles developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor to increase industrial efficiency by scientifically analyzing work; his ideas and studies led to modern business and industrial management principles and practices

Synonym(s)

  • Business management, Taylorism
  • Factory management, Taylorism
  • Industrial management, Taylorism
  • Shop management, Taylorism
  • Taylorism, scientific management

Notation

  • 122140

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-MXS7WR04-0

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