Frederick Taylor and the Public Administration Community

Hindy Lauer Schachter is Professor of Social Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology. She is author of Public Agency Communications and articles in Public Administration Review and Administration and Society, among other journals.

• AcknowledgmentsChapter1. Substance and Reputation2. Taylor in Textbooks3. Early Years4. Scientific Management5. Immediate Reception6. Morris Cooke, a Link between Taylor and Public Administration7. Scientific Management and Public Administration: Act One8. Scientific Management and Public Administration: Act TwoNotesBibliographyIndex

"The author makes a strong case that Frederick Taylor has been misrepresented completely in the Public Administration literature for the past 40 years. Further, she argues that this case reveals serious shortcomings in the way the field of public administration builds and communicates knowledge. It is bold and interesting." — Peter W. Colby, University of Central Florida