Taylorism and Scientific Management in Manufacturing Plants (1890–1930)

1. Taylor begins time studies at Midvale Steel

   Jan 1, 1880Labels: Frederick Taylor, Midvale Steel

   • ASME
   • FWT Bio

2. Taylor opens an efficiency consulting practice

   Jan 1, 1893Labels: Frederick Taylor, consulting practice

   • Stevens
   • FWT Bio

3. Taylor presents the differential piece-rate idea

   Jan 1, 1895Labels: differential piece-rate, ASME

   • Taylor Works
   • Taylor Bio

4. Taylor publishes “Shop Management” as a system

   Jan 1, 1903Labels: Shop Management, planning vs

   • Taylor Bio
   • FWT Bio

5. Gilbreth publishes “Bricklaying System” and spreads motion study

   Jan 1, 1909Labels: Frank Gilbreth, motion study

   • OpenLibrary
   • Gilbreth Bio

6. Taylor’s “Principles of Scientific Management” is published

   Jan 1, 1911Labels: Principles of, Frederick Taylor

   • LOC
   • Principles

7. Watertown Arsenal walkout highlights labor resistance

   Aug 11, 1911Labels: Watertown Arsenal, labor walkout

   • LGM Labor
   • Princeton

8. Dartmouth hosts a major scientific management conference

   Oct 12, 1911Labels: Dartmouth College, scientific management

   • SAM History

9. Emerson publishes “The Twelve Principles of Efficiency”

   Jan 1, 1912Labels: Harrington Emerson, Twelve Principles

   • LOC

10. The Taylor Society forms to promote “science of management”

    Nov 7, 1912Labels: Taylor Society, professionalization

    • SAM History
    • Taylor Soc

11. Gantt publishes “Work, Wages, and Profits”

    Jan 1, 1913Labels: Henry Gantt, Work Wages

    • LOC
    • Gantt Chart

12. Lillian Gilbreth links scientific management to psychology

    Jan 1, 1914Labels: Lillian Gilbreth, industrial psychology

    • Psych Mgmt
    • NWHM

13. Taylor’s death shifts leadership to followers and institutions

    Mar 21, 1915Labels: Frederick Taylor, death 1915

    • FWT Bio
    • Stevens

14. Hawthorne illumination studies begin, challenging simple efficiency logic

    Jan 1, 1924Labels: Hawthorne Works, illumination studies

    • HBS Hawthorne
    • Cornell Guide

15. Relay Assembly Test Room studies deepen the “human relations” turn

    Jan 1, 1927Labels: Relay Assembly, Hawthorne studies

    • HBS Hawthorne
    • Assembly Mag