Chinese name
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Foreign name
Frederick Winslow Taylor
date of birth
1856
date of death
19 15
occupation
Management scientists and economists
Major achievements
Later generations called him "the father of scientific management"
Principles of scientific management of representative works
Sexual male
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1856 On March 20th, Frederick Winslow Taylor was born into a wealthy lawyer's family in Jermanton, Philadelphia, USA. After receiving secondary education, he soon entered Phillips Exeter College in Exeter.
1874 was admitted to the law department of Harvard University, and soon dropped out of school due to eye diseases. 1875, he entered the Entreprise hydraulic factory in Philadelphia as an apprentice, working as a mold maker and mechanic. 1878, transferred to work in Middleville Steel Plant in Philadelphia. I started as a mechanic, worked as a workshop manager, team leader, foreman and technician, and worked in this factory until 1890.
188 1 year, Taylor began to study working hours and working methods in Midvale Iron and Steel Plant, which laid the foundation for establishing scientific management in the future. In the same year, the famous "metal cutting experiment" began in the middle of the war. After two years of preliminary experiments, a set of workload standards has been formulated for workers. Midwar's test is the beginning of working hours research. 1883 obtained a degree in mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hockenborough, New Jersey through part-time study. 1884, as the chief engineer of Midvale Iron and Steel Company. Married in the same year. 1886 Joined the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
1890 left Midvale and became the general manager of a paper investment company in Philadelphia. 1893, resigned from the investment company and independently engaged in factory management consulting. Since then, he has conducted scientific management experiments in many companies. In Steele, Taylor founded the cost accounting method. In Siemund Steel Rolling Company, Taylor reformed the inspection procedure of ball bearings. 1895, piecework wage system was published in American society of mechanical engineers.
1898, encouraged by Joseph Wharton, the major shareholder of Bethlehem Steel Company, he entered Bethlehem Steel Company as a consultant. After that, he conducted the famous "moving pig iron test" and "shovel test" in Bethlehem, and Taylor also studied the exact time of each set of movements. 1898, co-invented high-speed steel with Munsell Wright.
190 1 year, he left Bethlehem iron and steel company, no longer associated with any industrial company, and only engaged in free management consulting, writing and speaking to promote scientific management.
1903 workshop management was officially published. In the same year, he introduced workshop management at the annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. 1906, On Metal Cutting Technology was officially published. In the same year, he was elected President of american society of mechanical engineers and received an honorary doctorate in science from the University of Pennsylvania. 1909, why manufacturers don't like college students to publish. The road to success in speaking at the University of Illinois. This winter, Taylor was invited by Edwin. Guy, Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration of Harvard University, went to Harvard to teach scientific management until his death. 19 10, the intercontinental trade commission held a freight hearing of the orient railway company, and scientific management began to spread widely.
19 1 1 published the Gospel of Efficiency, and the Principles of Scientific Management was officially published in the same year. With the support of Army Ordnance Minister crozet, Taylor conducted scientific management experiments at Waterton Arsenal in Massachusetts and Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois. Merrick, who practiced scientific management, fired the union members who refused to cooperate in Waterton Arsenal, which led to a strike, and the House of Representatives formed a special committee to investigate. 1911June 10 to February 19 12, the us congress held a hearing on the workshop management system such as Taylor system, and Taylor testified in court.
19 12, the testimony at the hearing of the US Congress was officially announced.
19 15, died of pneumonia in Philadelphia on March 2 1 at the age of 59.