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In the past the man has been first. In the future the System must be first.

Frederick Winslow Taylor

1911

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The individual Business management

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Business literature

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1911

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Frederick Winslow Taylor

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Taylor, Frederick Winslow. The Principles of Scientific Management. Engineering & Management Press, 1998, introduction.

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Taylor, Frederick Winslow. The Principles of Scientific Management. Harper & Brothers, 1911, introduction.

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