Taylorisms

Noun

Taylorism (usually uncountable, plural Taylorisms)

1. (usually) The Reformed school of theology developed by Nathaniel William Taylor.
   • Rev. Edward Beecher, a strenous advocate of Taylorism, has been equally explicit on this point.1834, Tyler Thacher, Taylorism Examined: Or a Review of the New Haven Theology, page 83

   Synonyms:

   New England theology

2. (usually) Scientific management; a theory of management of the early 20th century that analyzed workflows in order to improve efficiency, originally developed by Frederick Winslow Taylor.
   • One of the ideological supporting pillars of systems thinking in the 1920s had been Lenin's analysis of Taylorism.1982, Ilmari Susiluoto, The Origins and Development of Systems Thinking in the Soviet Union, page 146
3. (countable, usually) One of the witty, epigrammatic remarks on international relations for which the historian Alan John Percivale Taylor was well-known.
   • The brisk and lively narrative is spiced with Taylorisms: ' Hitler lost , as someone has to do in war, and has therefore been written off as a psychopath'.1975, British Book News, page 432