The '''Efficiency Movement''' was a [[movement]] during the [[Progressive Era]] of [[American]] [[History]] (1890's - 1930's) that sought to place emphasis on the use of [[Science|scientific]] [[research]] and [[economic]] principles of efficiency and utility maximization to ensure that [[government]] and industry worked to their full potential. One of its prime advocates was Frederick Winslow Taylor, a pioneer of scientific management and one of the first to develop modern ideas about worker productivity.
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The '''Efficiency Movement''' was a movement during the [[Progressive Era]] of [[American]] [[History]] (1890's - 1930's) that sought to place emphasis on the use of [[Science|scientific]] [[research]] and [[economic]] principles of efficiency and utility maximization to ensure that [[government]] and industry worked to their full potential. One of its prime advocates was Frederick Winslow Taylor, a pioneer of scientific management and one of the first to develop modern ideas about worker productivity.