Editing Business process (section)

=== Frederick Winslow Taylor ===
American engineer [[Frederick Winslow Taylor]] greatly influenced and improved the quality of [[industrial processes]] in the early twentieth century. His [[Principles of Scientific Management]] focused on standardization of processes, systematic training and clearly defining the roles of management and employees.<ref name="vonScheelPhase114" /> His methods were widely adopted in the [[United States]], Russia and parts of Europe and led to further developments such as "time and motion study" and visual task optimization techniques, such as [[Gantt charts]].