[Business & Industry] Taylor, Frederick Winslow The Principles of...

[Business & Industry] Taylor, Frederick Winslow
The Principles of Scientific Management
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First edition. 8vo. (1)-77, (1) pp. Rare: 'This special edition printed in February 1911 for confidential circulation among the members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with the compliments of the author.' Publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, minor wear to corners and spine ends, glue residue on front paste-down; book-plate and ownership signature of R.L. Rowley on front endpapers. Bright copy of the first and most influential book on business and industrial management.

'F.W. Taylor...was the originator of what he called 'scientific management', now known as 'time and motion study'… The main lines of approach to increased efficiency were standardizing processes and machines…and payment by results...' PMM 403 The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer.