The Principles of Scientific Management
Frederick Winslow Taylor's 1911 statement of scientific management.
Book · 1911Sources & confidence: Qualified confidence
Checked 19 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
The sentence quoted in the essay.
- The Principles of Scientific Management
"In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first."
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- Checked against the Project Gutenberg text, not a first edition.
Confidence applies to the scope above, not every claim made by the underlying source. How confidence works
Quoted at the opening of the Howard Scott chapter.
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- Neo-Technocracy: Same Dream, Bigger Budget
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- Frederick Winslow Taylor
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