Quote#World
That there is a difference between the average and the first class…
Quote byFrederick Winslow Taylor · 1856–1915
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Shop Management, 1903, p. 1346..
English (original)
That there is a difference between the average and the first class man is known to all employers, but that the first class man can do in most cases from two to four times as much is known to few, and is fully realized only by those who have made a thorough and scientific study of the possibilities of men.
— Frederick Winslow Taylor
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