Walter Polakov

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Walter Nicholas Polakov

Walter Nicholas Polakov (July 18, 1879 – December 20, 1948

mechanical engineer, consulting engineer, and pioneer of scientific management.[2]

Biography

Early years

Walter Polakov was born in

industrial hygiene before being employed at the Tula Locomotive Works, Moscow.[3]

In the USA

In 1906 he emigrated with his family to the United States, where he was employed by the

Frank Gilbreth and Harrington Emerson. However, by 1912 he was working for Wallace Clark
before launching his own consulting company in 1915.

Polakov joined the

US Navy, Gantt and Polakov were employed as consultants by the Emergency Fleet Corporation where Gantt finalized the development of his Gantt charts. Having helped the US shipbuilders keep up with losses due to German submarine action, the Gantt charts were then applied to managing fleet movements at the U. S. Shipping Board.[5]

In the USSR

Polakov returned to his native Russia—by then the

First Five Year Plan. Here he introduced the Gantt chart, supplying Russian translations of explanations.[6][7]

Publications

  • (1912) "Power Plant Betterment by Scientific Management", Engineering Magazine, (NY) Vol 41, pp. 101–12, 278–92, 448–56, 577–82, 798–809, 970–75
  • (1916) "Discussion of Robert Valentine, The Progressive Relations Between Efficiency and Consent", Bulletin of Taylor Society, November, pp. 7–17
  • (1921) Man and His Affairs from an Engineering Point of View Baltimore: Williams
  • (1921) Mastering Power Production: The Industrial, Economic and Social Problems Involved and Their Solution New York: The Engineering Magazine Company
  • (1921) "Making Work Fascinating" ASME Journal, December
  • (1922) Polakov, Walter N. (1922), "Kinetic Statistics as an Aid to Production and Distribution", Journal of the American Statistical Association, 18 (139): 359–365,
    JSTOR 2276954
  • (1931) "The Gantt Chart in Russia", American Machinist, 75, pp. 261–4
  • (1933)The Power Age: Its Quest and Challenge New York: Covici Friede Publishers

References

  1. ^ "California Death Index, 1940-1997".
  2. ^ Kelly, Diane J. (2020). The Red Taylorist: The Life and Times of Walter Nicholas Polakov. Emerald Insight. p. 174.
    ISBN 978-1-78769-986-1
    .
  3. JSTOR 257800
  4. ^ Kelly, Diane J. (2004), "Marxist Manager amidst the Progressives: Walter N Polakov and the Taylor Society", Journal of Industrial History, 6 (2): 61–75
  5. JSTOR 257800
  6. ^ Kelly, D. J. (2004) "Marxist Manager Amidst the Progressives: Walter N. Polakov and the Taylor Society", Journal of Industrial History, 6(2), November 2004, 61-75
  7. ISBN 9781498525718
    . Retrieved 25 September 2018.
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