How long does it take to read The Principles of Scientific Management?
Frederick Winslow Taylor
The Principles of Scientific Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor takes about 2 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 38 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1911. 144 pages, about 39,600 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 37 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is a management classic that is actually a short booklet. It is Taylor's key statement of his approach to developing standards for work performance on the basis of study and observation as opposed to a reliance on standard "rules of thumb."
Subjects: Industrial management, Industrial efficiency, Industrial engineering, Machine shops, Genie industriel, Gestion d'entreprise
