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...seeds of this change were sown by two great pioneers whose names are scarcely known-Frederick Winslow Taylor, a onetime day laborer, and Elton Mayo, an Australian immigrant turned Harvard sociologist. Their work did not seem related, but it was. Taylor, who died in 1915, was the father of scientific management; he increased industrial production by rationalizing it. Mayo, who died in 1949, was the father of industrial human relations; he increased production by humanizing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A NEW ART BRINGS A REVOLUTION TO INDUSTRY: Human Relations | 4/14/1952 | See Source »

...market only a fortnight, it had already sold 200,000 copies, promised to be one of the year's big hits. RCA Victor had rushed out a deluxe version by Hugo Winterhalter with full orchestra and chorus, and one for the country trade by sad-voiced Hillbilly Elton Britt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records | 9/11/1950 | See Source »

...Elton Mayo, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Research who retired from the faculty in 1947, died in England September 1. At the time of his death, professor Mayo was residing at his home in Pelesden-Lacy, Surrey. He was 68 years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Professor Elton Mayo Died in England September 1 | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

...students have found a way to hypnotize people with phonograph records. Paul I. Sparer '49 and Elton B. McNeil '49, authors of the experiment, are now ready to hand over their findings to anyone who wants to go further into the field, Sparer announced last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Play Phonographs In New Hypnosis Technique | 12/17/1948 | See Source »

Planning to go insane this summer? It's an easy life; Elton Mayo, professors of Industrial Research, emeritus reported yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Slothful Maniacs Lead the Life of Riley, Mayo Believes | 2/10/1948 | See Source »

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