By Steve Portigal at 10:02 pm, Friday October 23 2009
- Jill Lepore: Scientific management started as a way to work. How did it become a way of life? – I knew Taylorism was short-sighted but I didn't know it was cruel and a scam. And how efficiency and scientific management became home economics. And the story of the Gilbreths (the Cheaper by the Dozen family). And Brandeis. Lots of great stuff in this piece.
Tags: business, culture, economics, efficiency, Gilbreth, history, management, process, taylorism, work
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