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In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men; and under systematic management the best man rises to the top more certainly and more rapidly than ever before.

— Frederick Winslow Taylor

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I think no book is more stimulating than the history of a devoted and successful life.

F.W. Taylor (1911)

The principal object of management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee.

The Principles of Scientific Management, title page, 1911.

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The writer feels that management is also destined to become more of an art, and that many of the, elements which are now believed to be outside the field of exact knowledge will soon be standardized tabulated, accepted, and used, as are now many of the elements of engineering.

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