Discussion 3-705

Landmark Article Research

Early Research On Scientific Management

Here are some topics and authors that wrote about early scientific management for you to do the research on seminal works:

· Scientific management (Taylor, Wilson, Wren)

· Improved incentives (Howne, Hasley)

· Task management systems

· Functional Foremen

· Eastern Rate Case

· Watertown and the congressional investigation

· The Four Basic Principles of Scientific Management

· Taylor’s view on the human factor

· Efficiency (Barth, Gantt, Gilbreths (Frank and Lillian), Emerson, Cooke)

Prepare a one page summary of the article you found and post it to the discussion forum.