Published in 1911 by Frederick Taylor, The Principles of Scientific Management is a foundational text in human factors psychology that outlines his theories on management, personnel selection, training, and the analysis of work through time and motion studies. The cover of a 1919 edition, published by Harper & Brothers in New York and London, identifies the author as 'Frederick Winslow Taylor, M.E., Sc.D., Past president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' and features an emblem of one hand passing a torch to another.