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  2. Frederick Winslow Taylor - Wikipedia

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    Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856 – March 21, 1915) was an American mechanical engineer. He was widely known for his methods to improve industrial efficiency . [ 1 ] He was one of the first management consultants . [ 2 ]

  3. Personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Personality disorder, unspecified (includes "character neurosis" and "pathological personality"). Mixed and other personality disorders (defined as conditions that are often troublesome but do not demonstrate the specific pattern of symptoms in the named disorders).

  4. Scientific management - Wikipedia

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    Frederick Taylor (1856–1915), leading proponent of scientific management. Scientific management is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows. Its main objective is improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to apply science to the engineering of processes in management.

  5. History of contingency theories of leadership - Wikipedia

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    With this profession a formal interest developed in labor relations, motivation of a work force, and efficiency in production. Frederick Winslow Taylor developed the scientific theory of management which he published in the journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1895.

  6. The Principles of Scientific Management - Wikipedia

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    The Principles of Scientific Management (1911) is a monograph published by Frederick Winslow Taylor where he laid out his views on principles of scientific management, or industrial era organization and decision theory. Taylor was an American manufacturing manager, mechanical engineer, and then a

  7. Personality psychology - Wikipedia

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    Personality is complex; a typical theory of personality contains several propositions or sub-theories, often growing over time as more psychologists explore the theory. [ 10 ] The most widely accepted empirical model of durable, universal personality descriptors is the system of Big Five personality traits : conscientiousness , agreeableness ...

  8. Borderline personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    The Treatment and Research Advancements National Association for Personality Disorders (TARA-APD) campaigned unsuccessfully to change the name and designation of BPD in DSM-5, published in May 2013, in which the name "borderline personality disorder" remains unchanged and it is not considered a trauma- and stressor-related disorder. [257]

  9. Diagnostic Enterprise Method - Wikipedia

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    Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915) has been considered the father of scientific management. [1] He developed his methods through his experiments counting the amount of time it took for a machine to produce an object, which he began when the economy and the efficiency of the enterprise were substandard. [ 2 ]