... Marcic, 1998). Megginson, Mosley, and Pietri (1992) found that Taylor was not alone in his contributions to the scientific approach. Among these contributors were Carl Barth, Henry Gantt, Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth, and Henry Ford (Megginson et al.). Most of them were associates of Taylor (Megginson et al., 1992). Carl G. Barth (1860-1939) worked alongside Taylor in "developing, testing, ... and perfecting the mechanisms of scientific management", making the slide rule his greatest contribution (Meggison et al., 1992 p.55). Meanwhile, according to Daft and Marcic (1998), Henry Gan...

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... ) and George Elton Mayo (1880 – 1949). First of all, both concepts have in common the fact that they were used to increase mass production. Henry Ford's factory is one example of these means of production, a Ford car being produced by the masses for the masses. But according to Scientific Management, this can only be done with the complete standardization of the entire ... ...

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