The First Foreman: When Watching People Became a Job
In the 1880s, as factories swelled from small shops to massive industrial complexes, the owner-operator could no longer see every corner of the floor. The solution was the creation of a new class of worker.
47 Tons of Iron and a Stopwatch
In 1911, the office stopped being a place of craft and became a place of math. With the publication of Frederick Taylor’s Principles of Scientific Management, the "knack" of the individual worker was replaced by the cold precision of the stopwatch. Managers were no longer mentors; they were functional foremen tasked with ensuring that every human movement mirrored a machine’s gear.
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