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Who is considered the father of Scientific Management?

AMax Weber

BHenri Fayol

CF.W. Taylor

DElton Mayo

Answer:

C. F.W. Taylor

Read Explanation:

  • Scientific management is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows to improve economic efficiency, particularly labor productivity.

  • It was one of the first attempts to apply scientific principles to the process of management

  • Frederick Winslow Taylor is widely regarded as the father of Scientific Management.

  • He was an American mechanical engineer who, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, developed a management theory aimed at improving industrial efficiency.

  • His principles, often referred to as "Taylorism," involved analyzing and synthesizing workflows to find the "one best way" to perform a task


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