Quotes by Frederick Winslow Taylor

"In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first."

"in most cases one type of man is needed to plan ahead and an entirely different type to execute the work."

"The principal object of management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee. The words "maximum prosperity" are used, in their broad sense, to mean not only large dividends for the company or owner, but the development of every branch of the business to its highest state of excellence, so that the prosperity may be permanent."