Frederick W. Taylor 1856 to 1915 Peter Drucker called Frederick Taylor, one of the most important influences of the 20th century, and most lasting since the Federalist Papers. In 1977, the American Management Association considered the top 71 contributors to management thought and practice and Taylor ranked first receiving 31 votes. Henry Ford received the second most votes with three. After World War Two, Mr. Taylor's books were considered vital to the economic recovery of Japan. Frederick Taylor was born into a wealthy Philadelphia family, but chose the career of an engineer. He started working as an apprentice in a machine shop and became a foreman.

In his spare time he obtained mechanical engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1883. From the very beginning, he focused on improving the work methods and the efficiencies of the shop. This characteristic no doubt, led him to develop his own systems and does be called the father of scientific management. Frederick Taylor was the efficiency expert, the original time in motion studies specialist. He applied scientific methods to obtain maximum output. This was accomplished by having management in control of the workplace, and by detailing the minute routine of the worker through operations analysis, Taylor took away job complexity.

That is, he could now take a person from the street and train that person to do a simpler operation. work now require less brains, less muscle and less independence. Taylor ism was the application of scientific methods to obtain maximum efficiency in industrial work.