The field of scientific management, often referred to in its early days as "Taylorism," stands unique in comparison to other disciplines. Much of the confusion surrounding scientific management, both then and now, can be traced back to its pioneering author, Frederick Taylor. His writing was acknowledged to be problematic by friends, supporters, and contemporaries such as the Gilbreths and others, even within the pages of the Bulletins of the Taylor Society.

Enter Henry Le Chatelier, one of Taylor's early friends and collaborators. Though best remembered today for his eponymous "equilibrium theorem" in chemistry, his equally profound contributions to scientific management are all-but-forgotten—with the promised English translations likely never published ... until now.

Le Chatelier entrusted the translation and arrangement of the Polish edition of his works, upon which this translation is based, on scientific management to Karol Adamiecki, a co-founder of the discipline, who was also invited to write the foreword, where his timeless insights resonate with the modern business leader. He writes, “Even among those who have read Taylor's works... there are very few who have properly understood the fundamentals of the subject,” and "there is only one commentator who ... captured Taylor's main guiding idea even better than the author himself. It is...Henry Le Chatelier ... If a reader truly wishes to understand the full depth of this system, they should study this book."