we might think of someone like frederick winslow taylor, who you read for today, the inventor and proponent of scientific management. breaks up tasks, analyzing them systematically, right? to find the one best way. importantly note that taylor is an engineer -- not just of machines and materials, but of people. of workers. this era would even come with, close with an experts president. herbert hoover. we often think of them for other reasons, the great depression. that he came into office with a background as a professional mining engineer. he made his career, as one of those experts, running the u.s. food administration and he is a worldwide champion for his incredible economy and efficiency in helping relief victims during the war. of course there were experts in , the 19th century. expert saw a sort. -- expert of a sort. but they did not doing a lot of good. if you think about the practice of medicine, for example, and they were not subject to professional regulation in the way that they would in the 20th century. this is true of doctors, lawyers, professors. it is really the u.s. army i

igo focuses on the literary works of the christine frederick and frederick winslow taylor, who sought to improve industrial efficiency. this class is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> all right. great. hello, everybody. as you know, we will take up the topic -- engineerior