John Tregoning

John Tregoning (c. 1845 – c. 1920) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor and business manager from Lynn, Massachusetts, known for writing one of the first books on factory operations in 1891.[1][2] and as early systematizer of management.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Jelinek, Mariann. "Toward systematic management: alexander hamilton church." Business History Review 54.01 (1980): 63–79.
  3. ^ Litterer, Joseph A. "Systematic management: design for organizational recoupling in American manufacturing firms." Business History Review 37.04 (1963): 369–391.
  4. ^ Yates, JoAnne. Creating organizational memory: systematic management and internal communication in manufacturing firms, 1880–1920. MIT Working Paper. (1988). p. 4