Taylor Society
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The Taylor Society was an American society for the discussion and promotion of scientific management, named after Frederick Winslow Taylor.
Successor | Society for Advancement of Management |
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Formation | 1911 |
Dissolved | 1936 |
Type | membership organization |
Purpose | American society for the discussion and promotion of scientific management |
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Region served | United States |
Official language | English |
President | James Mapes Dodge, first president 1911-1913; et al. |
Affiliations | Society of Industrial Engineers |
Originally named The Society to Promote The Science of Management,[1] the Taylor Society was initiated in 1911 at the New York Athletic Club by followers of Frederick W. Taylor, including Carl G. Barth, Morris Llewellyn Cooke, James Mapes Dodge, Frank Gilbreth, H.K. Hathaway, Robert T. Kent, Conrad Lauer (for Charles Day) and Wilfred Lewis.[2][3]
In 1925 the Society declared that it 'welcomes to membership all who have become convinced that "the business men of tomorrow must have the engineer-mind".'[2] In 1936 the Taylor Society merged with the Society of Industrial Engineers forming the Society for Advancement of Management.[3][4]