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The Psychology of Management - The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste by L. M. Gilbreth
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Both its advocates and opponents have been guilty of
misuse of the word. Still, in spite of this, the very fact
that the word has had a wide use, that it has become
habitual to think of the new type of management as
"Scientific," makes its choice advisable. We shall use it,
but restrict its content. With us "Scientific Management"
is used to mean the complete Taylor plan of management,
with no modifications and no deviations.

We may summarize by saying that:

1. the popular name is Scientific Management,
2. the inspiring name is Ultimate management,
3. the descriptive name is measured Functional management,
4. the distinctive name is the Taylor Plan of Management.

For the purpose of this book, Scientific Management is, then,
the most appropriate name. Through its use, the reader is enabled to
utilize all his associations, and through his study he is able to
restrict and order the content of the term.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE THREE TYPES OF MANAGEMENT.--From the
foregoing definitions and descriptions it will be clear that the
three types of management are closely related. Three of the names
given bring out this relationship most clearly. These are
Traditional (i.e., Primitive), Interim, and Ultimate. These show,
also, that the relationship is genetic, i.e., that the second form
grows out of the first, but passes through to the third. The growth
is evolutional.

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