Mary Lambertine Fleddérus (June 4, 1886 – November 1977) was a
Dutch social reformer and researcher who co-led the
International Industrial Relations Institute with
Mary van Kleeck. She was a pioneer of
industrial relations in Europe.
[Kaufman, B. (2004) ''The global evolution of industrial relations: Events, ideas and the IIRA'' Geneva: International Labour Office]
In 1925 Fleddérus was responsible for organising a conference for the International Association for the Study and Improvement of Human Relations in Industry. In the introduction to the report of the Congress she called for an implementation of
scientific management
Scientific management is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows. Its main objective is improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to apply science to the engineer ...
which incorporated paying attention to the humanitarian aspects of improving industrial efficiency.
In 1944 she co-wrote ''Technology and Livelihood'' with van Kleeck.
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1886 births
1977 deaths
Dutch activists
Dutch women activists
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