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Purpose and benefits

At the time "The Principles of Scientific Management" was published, ‘business management as a discrete and identifiable activity had attracted little attention’ as Lyndall Urwick, The British champion of scientific management, said. The book put management on the map, and its influence on working methods and managerial attitudes for most of the 20th century, especially in mass-production industries, was enormous. Taylor’s principles have been alternately reviled, rejected, and rediscovered. They remain undeniably significant even today.