Stewart (2009, p. 36) noted that, “Taylor’s grand generalization played a crucial part
in the creation of a new discipline. The practice of management undoubtedly preceded
him; but the idea of management was something new”. Taylor became the popularizer
of modern management in a way that no other figure in the field of management has
been since. An analogy to today’s era, but on a much smaller scale, would be Deming
(1986) as the popularizer of total quality management and Senge (1990) as the
popularizer of systems thinking.