프레더릭 윈즐로 테일러

소개

프레데릭 윈즐로 테일러(Frederick Winslow Taylor, 1856년 3월 20일 ~ 1915년 3월 21일)는 미국의 기계공학자, 경영학자, 산업공학자, 골프 선수, 테니스 선수이다.

Frederick Winslow Taylor was an American mechanical engineer. He was widely known for his methods to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the first management consultants. In 1909, Taylor summed up his efficiency techniques in his book The Principles of Scientific Management which, in 2001, Fellows of the Academy of Management voted the most influential management book of the twentieth century. His pioneering work in applying engineering principles to the work done on the factory floor was instrumental in the creation and development of the branch of engineering that is now known as industrial engineering. Taylor made his name, and was most proud of his work, in scientific management; as a result, scientific management is sometimes referred to as Taylorism. His main source of income came from patenting improvements to steelmaking.