Scientific management, also called Taylorism or the Classical Perspective, is a method in management theory that determines changes to improve labour productivity. The idea was first coined by
Frederick Winslow Taylor in The Principles of Scientific Management. Taylor believed that decisions based upon tradition and
rules of thumb should be replaced by precise procedures developed after careful study of an individual at work.
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approaching all management activity in a 'scientific' way e.g. time and motion studies, work and performance statistical measurement; sometimes called 'Taylorism' after its US founder.