ffic iency ▁Mov ement ▁and ▁his ▁ideas , ▁broad ly ▁conce ived , ▁were ▁highly ▁influ ential ▁in ▁the ▁Progress ive ▁Era ▁( 1 8 9 0 s – 1 9 2 0 s ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁Taylor ▁sum med ▁up ▁his ▁efficiency ▁techniques ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁Princi ples ▁of ▁Scient ific ▁Management ▁which , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁F ell ows ▁of ▁the ▁Academy ▁of ▁Management ▁voted ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁management ▁book ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century . ▁His ▁pione ering ▁work ▁in ▁applying ▁engineering ▁principles ▁to ▁the ▁work ▁done ▁on ▁the ▁factory ▁floor ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁the ▁creation ▁and ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁branch ▁of ▁engineering ▁that ▁is ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁industrial ▁engineering . ▁Taylor ▁made ▁his ▁name , ▁and ▁was ▁most ▁proud ▁of ▁his ▁work , ▁in ▁scientific ▁management ; ▁however , ▁he ▁made ▁his ▁fortune ▁pat ent ing ▁steel - process ▁improvements . ▁Taylor ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁ath lete ▁who ▁competed ▁nation ally ▁in ▁tennis . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Taylor ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 6 ▁to ▁a ▁Qu aker ▁family ▁in ▁Germ ant own , ▁Philadelphia , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁Taylor ' s ▁father , ▁Franklin ▁Taylor , ▁a ▁Pr inc eton - ed uc ated ▁lawyer , ▁built ▁his ▁wealth ▁on ▁mort g ages . ▁Taylor ' s ▁mother , ▁Em ily ▁An net te ▁Taylor ▁( née ▁W ins low ), ▁was ▁an ▁ar dent ▁abol ition ist ▁and ▁a ▁cow ork er ▁with ▁Lu