English Explanatory Dictionary

Taylorism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Reformed school of theology developed by Nathaniel William Taylor.
  2. Scientific management; a theory of management of the early 20th century that analyzed workflows in order to improve efficiency, originally developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor.
  3. One of the witty, epigrammatic remarks on international relations for which the historian Alan John Percivale Taylor was well-known.

Word forms

Taylorism Taylorisms

Etymology

From Taylor + -ism.

Synonyms

New England theology

Related words

Taylorian Taylorist
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