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William Henry Leffingwell

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William Henry Leffingwell (June 4, 1876 – December 19, 1934) was an American organizational theorist,[1] president of W. H. Leffingwell, Inc., New Jersey, management author, and the founder of National Office Management Association.

Leffingwell was born in Oxford County, Ontario,to Wendell Phillips and Mary Catherine (Edwards) Leffingwell, both Americans.[2] He was trained as a stenographer and "applied scientific management to the office."[3] Throughout the 1920s, Leffingwell was a key figure in the Taylor Society.

Along with F.W. Taylor, Lyndall Urwick, and others, Leffingwell was subjected to attack by Harry Braverman in Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century (1974).[4]

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References

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  1. ^ Simon Head. The New Ruthless Economy: Work & Power in the Digital Age. Oxford University Press, 2005. p. 60-79
  2. ^ American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1935. p. RA-60
  3. ^ Kanigel, Robert. "Taylor-made.(19th-century efficiency expert Frederick Taylor)" (PDF). Gale Group. p. 4. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  4. ^ Braverman, Harry (January 1998). Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century. New York: Monthly Review Press. ISBN 0-85345-940-1.

Further reading

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  • Lyndall Urwick, The Golden Book of Management: A Historical Record of the Life and Work of Seventy Pioneers (1956)