Quote#Wisdom
Scientific management consists in correct interpretation of…
Quote byHerbert Newton Casson · 1869–1951
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ads and Sales (1911), p. 2.
English (original)
Scientific management consists in correct interpretation of phenomena, in exact knowledge of laws, principle and the influence of conditions upon results: and in the skilled use of methods adapted to the almost infinitely varying circumstances of individual cases - Engineering magazine -
— Herbert Newton Casson
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