Taylor Society

Taylor Society
SuccessorSociety for Advancement of Management
Formation1911
Dissolved1936
Typemembership organization
PurposeAmerican society for the discussion and promotion of scientific management
Location
Region served
United States
Official language
English
President
James Mapes Dodge, first president 1911-1913; et al.
AffiliationsSociety of Industrial Engineers

The Taylor Society was an American society for the discussion and promotion of scientific management, named after Frederick Winslow Taylor.

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]

  1. ^ "A word from President; Scientific Management and Labor Unions; Scientific Management in the Sales Department; Scientific Management in the Sales Department :: Bass Business - Bulletin of the Taylor Society".
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Brown1925 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Moustafa H. Abdelsamad (ed.), SAM Advanced Management Journal. Vol. 53. Nr. 2 Spring 1988. p. 5
  4. ^ Link to Society for Advancement of Management