industrial management

industrial management, term applied to highly organized modern methods of carrying on industrial, especially manufacturing, operations.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Modern Trends
• Other Aspects of Management
• Management of the Machine
• Studies of Worker Performance
• The Rise of Factories
• Bibliography

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