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Taylor

Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), an American engineer who created the system of scientific management that Gilbreth examines.

The Psychology of Management, Lillian Gilbreth

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• The Psychology of Management, Lillian Gilbreth
• Fatigue Study, Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth

  Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), an American engineer and creator of the system of scientific management of labour. He proposed dividing work into small measured segments.

• Co-opetition, Adam Brandenburger, Barry Nalebuff

  Robert Taylor, American entrepreneur, founder of Minnetonka and creator of the liquid soap Softsoap.

• The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative, Florence Williams

  Richard Taylor, a physicist at the University of Oregon who studies fractals and how people perceive them.

• The Upside of Stress, Kelly McGonigal

  Shelley Taylor, an American psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. She described the tend-and-befriend response in 2000.

• Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O'Neil

  Catherine Taylor of Arkansas, whose background check contained someone else's criminal record because she was mixed up with another person.

• Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World, Stanley McChrystal

  Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915), an American engineer, the founder of scientific management and author of The Principles of Scientific Management (1911).

• The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't, Julia Galef

  Jerry Taylor, an American policy analyst. For many years he argued against action on climate change, then changed his position.

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