Early Pioneers Are Usually Met With Resistance, Part I

Once there was a man named Fred Taylor.  His poor eyesight deterred him from his primary career track, so Taylor dedicated himself to working the shop floor at Bethlehem Steel, where he became fascinated with time and motion studies. 

One of Taylor's most famous studies involved shovels.  He noticed that workers used the same shovel for all materials.  Taylor determined that the most effective shovel load for a certain material was 21.5 pounds.  He then proposed finding or designing shovels that would scoop that amount.

Taylor was generally unsuccessful promoting his ideas and was fired from Bethlehem Steel. 

Frederick Taylor died in 1915 and is now referred to as "the father of scientific management."