Scientific Management: A History and Criticism

Horace Bookwalter Drury

Published by Columbia University Press 1918

Scientific Management

A History and Criticism

Horace Bookwalter Drury

In the series Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law

https://doi.org/10.7312/book92740

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Studies scientific management as it was adopted during 1910 when the railroads of the United States had filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, new freight tariffs, so framed as to involve a general and considerable advance in rates.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Preface to the Second Edition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	9
Part I. A History of Scientific Management
Chapter I. The Meaning of Scientific Management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter II. Early Attempts at a Solution of the Wages Problem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter III. The Genesis of the Principles of Scientific Management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Chapter IV. Lives of the Leaders: Including Certain Contribution to the Enrichment of Scientific Management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Chapter V. A Survey of the Trades and Plants in Which Scientific Management Has Been Introduced Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Part II. A Critical Review of Important Aspects of Scientific Management
Chapter VI. The Productivity of Scientific Management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Chapter VII. Scientific Management as a Solution of the Labor Problem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Chapter VIII. The Human Side Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Chapter IX. Other Criticisms and Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Studies in History, Economics and Public Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Copyright year: 1918
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 260

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Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231890229