Abstract
Shop Management, one of the most important works of F.W. Taylor, was translated into French by Henry Le Chatelier in 1907. The Principles of Scientific Management was also translated into French in 1912.
The French business circles were so much interested in this new system of labour management that French scholars wrote many articles on this subject. Charles Fremont, for example, showed in his article of 1913 the origin of chronometry in France. According to him, it was in 1688 that the chronometry was already applied in the military work in France for the first time. He wanted to show French originality in chronometry.
On the other hand, trade union leaders protested violently against the application. of this new system to French industries, so that the Taylor System was not easily accepted by French laborers.
According to H. Le Chatelier, the application of Taylor System failed in France because the French society lacked the common sense (Le Bons Sens) which prevailed in U.S.A.
