Harrington Emerson | |
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| Born | August 2, 1853 |
| Died | September 2, 1931 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Technical University Munich |
| Spouse | Mary Crawford Suplee |
| Children | Louise Emerson Ronnebeck |
| Parent(s) | Edwin Emerson, Maria Louisa Ingham |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Efficiency engineering, Mechanical engineering |
| Institutions | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Employer(s) | University of Nebraska Electric Storage Battery Company |
| Projects | Emerson Institute, New York Scientific management |
Harrington Emerson (August 2, 1853 – September 2, 1931) was an American efficiency engineer and business theorist,[1] who founded the management consultancy firm Emerson Institute in New York City in 1900. Known for his pioneering contributions to scientific management,[2][3] Emerson may have done more than anyone else to popularize the topic:[4] His public testimony in 1910 to the Interstate Commerce Commission that the railroads could save $1,000,000 a day started a nationwide interest in the subject of "efficiency".
- ^ Harrington Emerson Papers, 1848-1931 Archived 2018-06-23 at the Wayback Machine at Penn State.
- ^ Kreis (1992: 156)
- ^ Kipping & Clark (2012, p. 33)
- ^ Drury, p. 129