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Movement intended to eliminate "waste" in all areas of life
The efficiency movement was a major movement in the United States, Britain and other industrial nations in the early 20th century that sought to identify
Efficiency_movement
Degree to which a process minimizes waste of resources
Efficiency is the often measurable ability to avoid making mistakes or wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time while performing a task. In
Efficiency
Academic discipline
industrial revolutionary concepts of experimental science and social efficiency and applied them to the classroom. He believed that "curriculum must directly
Curriculum_theory
Educationist
change society? Routledge. "Franklin Bobbitt (1876–1956) - Social Efficiency Movement, Bobbitt's Contribution". StateUniversity.com. Net Industries. Retrieved
John_Franklin_Bobbitt
Theory of management
analyzes and synthesizes workflows. Its main objective is improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to
Scientific_management
2025 political movement in the United States
50501 (short for "50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement") is an American progressive grassroots political movement founded to organize the 50501 protests against
50501_movement
American politician (1873–1944)
1922, 1924, and 1926. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the efficiency movement in the U.S. and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as
Al_Smith
American political commentator (born 1988)
characterizing this use as "rank authoritarianism disguised as corporate efficiency for consumer satisfaction." In 2014, when then-Fox News host Oliver North
Kyle_Kulinski
President of the United States from 1901 to 1909
cash and George W. Perkins, a Wall Street financier came from the efficiency movement. He handled the new party's finances efficiently but was distrusted
Theodore_Roosevelt
State energy regulatory agency in Texas, USA
the state's oldest regulatory agency, and it began as part of the Efficiency Movement of the Progressive Era. From the 1930s to the 1960s, it largely set
Railroad_Commission_of_Texas
American politician and activist (born 1989)
November 26, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2018. "Sunrise Movement Green New Deal". Sunrise Movement. Archived from the original on December 28, 2018. Toth
Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
American political party (1912–1920)
Perkins, a senior partner of the Morgan bank who came from the efficiency movement. He and Munsey provided financing while Perkins took efficient charge
Bull_Moose_Party
1939 novel by John Steinbeck
article first published in 2009, Ken Eckert even compared the migrants' movement west as a reversed version of the slaves' escape from Egypt in Exodus.
The_Grapes_of_Wrath
American politician and activist (born 1941)
regarded as one of the main leaders of the 21st-century American progressive movement. Born into a working-class Jewish family and raised in New York City, Sanders
Bernie_Sanders
World War II general, U.S. president from 1953 to 1961
Democrats and declared himself to be a Republican. A "Draft Eisenhower" movement in the Republican Party persuaded him to declare his candidacy in the 1952
Dwight_D._Eisenhower
US government agency
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was a federal cost-cutting initiative launched by the Republican Party in the United States during the second
Department of Government Efficiency
Department_of_Government_Efficiency
American filmmaker (born 1968)
for deregulating banks and for his personal life in light of the MeToo movement. McKay serves on the Creative Council of RepresentUs, a nonpartisan anti-corruption
Adam_McKay
"Race improvement" as historically sought in the US
"social efficiency" movement, which was advocating for the standardization of all aspects of American life as a means of increasing efficiency. DeGarmo
Eugenics_in_the_United_States
President of the United States from 1963 to 1969
Investigating Subcommittee, and conducted investigations of defense costs and efficiency. After the Korean War began in 1950, he called for more troops and for
Lyndon_B._Johnson
Mayor of New York City
tax system. Mamdani has cited sewer socialism, a democratic socialist movement centered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the early 20th century, as an inspiration
Zohran_Mamdani
American writer and journalist (born 1975)
Press grew out of a grassroots organization, the George Jackson Prison Movement (GJPM), which initially operated a Black bookstore called the Black Book
Ta-Nehisi_Coates
American politician (born 1949)
and economics movement, which aimed to apply neoclassical economic theory to the study of law with an emphasis on economic efficiency. One of her articles
Elizabeth_Warren
American author and activist (1880–1968)
story of my life." Within the cultural context of the early civil rights movement, Gibson adapted it for a Broadway production in 1959, which was praised
Helen_Keller
American politician (1882–1947)
Flynn. La Guardia promised a more honest government, championing greater efficiency and inclusiveness. La Guardia's win was based on a complex coalition of
Fiorello_La_Guardia
American politician and lawyer (born 1976)
for doubling the budgets for the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Office of Science, which they say would support
Ro_Khanna
Progressive movement and organization in the United States
Indivisible is a progressive movement and organization in the United States initiated in 2016 as a reaction to the election of Donald Trump as president
Indivisible_(organization)
altruism Efficiency movement Enthronement movement Environmental justice movement Environmental movement Esperanto movement Ethiopian movement Extinction
List_of_social_movements
American magazine
political views". Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in humanitarian
The_New_Republic
American business magnate (1839–1937)
1891, and, after 1897, also by his son. Rockefeller believed in the Efficiency Movement, arguing that: "To help an inefficient, ill-located, unnecessary
John_D._Rockefeller
American progressive news organization
specializes in video reporting and opinion coverage about the American labor movement, economic policy, and corporate accountability. The aim of the news outlet
More Perfect Union (media organization)
More_Perfect_Union_(media_organization)
2011 American protest movement
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a left-wing populist and progressive movement against economic inequality, capitalism, corporate greed, big finance, and the
Occupy_Wall_Street
American minister, activist and politician (1941–2026)
protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders of the late 20th
Jesse_Jackson
Caucus within the Democratic Party in the US Congress
economic approach with modern ideas such as renewable energy and resource efficiency. In July 2022, the House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Congressional_Progressive_Caucus
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
and bipartisan recognition as a reformer and a leader of the Progressive movement. Republicans took control of the state assembly in early 1912, and Wilson
Woodrow_Wilson
American political journalist and author (born 1979)
what ails the Democratic Party in the post-9/11 era and how the labor movement is changing. He also reported on progressive activists' work to resuscitate
Chris_Hayes
American political podcast
the podcast as "one of the big breakout hits of the nascent resistance movement", and "the left's answer to conservative talk radio... with a shoestring
Pod_Save_America
American monthly political magazine
Emancipation, tempered through depression and war and the civil-rights movement, and honed as sharp and relevant as ever in an age of breathtaking technological
The_Nation
1971 book by Saul Alinsky
community activist and writer Saul Alinsky about how to successfully run a movement for change. It was the last book written by Alinsky, and it was published
Rules_for_Radicals
American illustrated monthly magazine
known as distinctively American. Several leading authors of the efficiency movement published the first versions of their seminal works in the Engineering
Engineering_Magazine
American Baptist clergyman
resignation from the CMB. Gates was a progressive and committed to the Efficiency Movement. He looked for leverage whereby a few millions of dollars would generate
Frederick_Taylor_Gates
Political philosophy and reform movement
1929. Many of the core principles of the progressive movement focused on the need for efficiency in all areas of society, and for greater democratic control
Progressivism in the United States
Progressivism_in_the_United_States
1906 novel by Upton Sinclair
crowd. He is swiftly hired by a meatpacking factory; he marvels at its efficiency, even while witnessing the cruel treatment of the animals. The women of
The_Jungle
American politician (born 1982)
critic of Israel, Omar supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and has denounced Israel's settlement policies and military campaigns in
Ilhan_Omar
American political commentator and activist (born 1970)
criticized the show's name because the original Young Turks political movement in the Ottoman Empire was responsible for the Armenian genocide. Aram Hamparian
Cenk_Uygur
Microblogging and social networking website
of the site have alleged that this is connected to a larger rightward movement on the site, including in Tumblr staff, despite Mullenweg and Tumblr staff's
Tumblr
Form of thermal efficiency
Fuel efficiency (or fuel economy) is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio of effort to result of a process that converts chemical potential
Fuel_efficiency
American politician (born 1965)
against a House resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement targeting Israel. The resolution passed 398–17. On July 16, 2023, she addressed
Pramila_Jayapal
American advertising writer (1872–1948)
under the title "The New Gospel of Efficiency," he reformulated in this work the ideas of the Efficiency Movement in a systematic manner. Lewis contrasted
E._St._Elmo_Lewis
American online news show
Uygur is Turkish American and named the program after the Young Turks movement of the 20th century. Co-hosted by Uygur and Ana Kasparian, it is also often
The_Young_Turks
American politician and lawyer (born 1976)
U.S. aid to Israel; she supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and a one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. On November
Rashida_Tlaib
American education theorist (1868–1951)
was a pioneer in the field of educational sociology and the social efficiency movement, which promoted vocational education. Snedden was born on a farm
David_Snedden
Political ideology within the socialist movement
centre-left social, economic, and political ideology within the wider socialist movement that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist
Social_democracy
Domestic policy of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
potent inspiration in every struggle against tyranny and oppression, every movement toward greater liberty. — Other politicians tried to capitalize on the
Square_Deal
American writer, critic and public intellectual (1933–2004)
event. Sontag's cool self-exile was a disaster for the American women's movement. Only a woman of her prestige could have performed the necessary critique
Susan_Sontag
Political party in the United States
Movement of 1924. (Columbia University Press, 1947) pp 188-204.. Shideler, James (Spring 1951). "The Disintegration of the Progressive Party Movement
Progressive Party (United States, 1924–1927)
Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1924–1927)
Global influence of US culture
progress and innovation. In Germany during the 1920s, the American efficiency movement was called "rationalization" and was a powerful social and economic
Americanization
American political YouTuber and livestreamer (born 1994)
2020 United States presidential election, he opposed the "Bernie or Bust" movement and urged people to vote for Joe Biden, calling a refusal to vote "stupid"
Vaush
American civil rights activist (1927–1993)
described his movement as promoting "a Christian radical philosophy". According to Chavez biographer Roger Bruns, he "focused the movement on the ethnic
Cesar_Chavez
American politician (born 1989)
progressive movement, saying, "This election was about us, the power of the people and the power of our movement. Let's celebrate the progressive movement in Texas"
Greg_Casar
American academic and political activist (born 1944)
Socialism (CCDS). She has been active in movements such as the Occupy movement and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. Davis was born in Birmingham
Angela_Davis
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
run by elected school boards, and reflected the influence of the Efficiency Movement in Britain. It was extended in 1903 to cover London. The act was
Education_Act_1902
Parameter that quantifies the energy-efficiency of fan air-movement systems
Specific fan power (SFP) is a parameter that quantifies the energy-efficiency of fan air-movement systems. It is a measure of the electric power that is needed
Specific_fan_power
University, San Luis Obispo) Frederick Winslow Taylor – leader of the Efficiency Movement and a champion of standardisation and division of tasks Henry R.
List_of_industrial_engineers
American politician (born 1974)
Schneider that formally condemns the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel. The resolution passed 398–17; Pressley was the only member
Ayanna_Pressley
American lawyer and politician (1855–1925)
family home in Baraboo, Wisconsin. She became a leader in the feminist movement, an advocate of women's suffrage, and an important influence on La Follette's
Robert_M._La_Follette
American women's rights activist (1820–1906)
women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected
Susan_B._Anthony
Political party in the United States (1948–1955)
War: I urge elimination of groups and factions in this new party movement. This movement is as broad as humanity itself. I urge that we accept all people
Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955)
Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1948–1955)
American labor and political leader (1855–1926)
six months later as a committed adherent of the international socialist movement. Debs was a founding member of the Social Democracy of America (1897),
Eugene_V._Debs
American journalist (1889–1974)
He was one of the pioneers of Christian socialism and the social gospel movement in the spirit of George Herron. During his studies at Harvard, Walter often
Walter_Lippmann
Hungarian and American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)
the Wall St. Protests?" with a lead stating that the Occupy Wall Street movement "may have benefited indirectly from the largesse of one of the world's
George_Soros
Left-wing politics in the United States
macro-movement. Many communes and egalitarian communities have existed in the United States as a sub-category of the broader intentional community movement
American_Left
American labor leader (born 1930)
farmworkers' movement, and because she believed that "no one within the union would believe her". She also said that the farmworkers' movement was her life's
Dolores_Huerta
American journalist and author (born 1957)
include coverage of the Santa Cruz massacre and the East Timor independence movement, the Chevron Corporation's assistance to armed forces in Nigeria, the 1999
Amy_Goodman
American writer (1878–1968)
Democrat. Sinclair's platform, known as the End Poverty in California movement (EPIC), galvanized the support of the Democratic Party, and Sinclair gained
Upton_Sinclair
American mechanical engineer (1856–1915)
methods to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the first management consultants. In 1909, Taylor summed up his efficiency techniques in his book The
Frederick_Winslow_Taylor
American activist and political theorist (1909–1972)
right as a source of tactical inspiration for the Republican Tea Party movement and subsequently, by virtue of indirect associations with both Hillary
Saul_Alinsky
Dominant version of liberalism in the United States
energy distribution and telecommunications marketizations can improve efficiency dramatically. He also defended a monetary policy—inflation targeting—saying
Modern liberalism in the United States
Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States
American labor organizer (1837–1930)
she began writing an account of her life and experiences in the labor movement. Two years later, Charles H. Kerr & Co. published the manuscript as The
Mother_Jones
American progressive political organization
Democratic Socialists of America in supporting the Uncommitted National Movement, encouraging an uncommitted vote in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential
Our_Revolution
American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)
IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2010. "The educational balance, efficiency and thinking" (EET). In Simpson, D.J., & Stack, S.F. (eds.), Teachers
John_Dewey
American Philosopher, [[political activist]], and [[theologian]] (born 1953)
his frustration with some critics of Occupy Wall Street, who said the movement lacked a clear and unified message. West replied by saying:[better source needed]
Cornel_West
1890s–1920s US political reform movement
economics, and political science, and improve efficiency with scientific management (Taylorism). Initially, the movement operated chiefly at the local level, but
Progressive_Era
American politician (1924–2005)
although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman and equally proud of that. I am
Shirley_Chisholm
American billionaire investor
media attention for his participation in the Department of Government Efficiency. Forbes estimated his net worth at US$2.2 billion as of April 2025, while
Antonio_Gracias
Left-leaning news website
Institute byline." AlterNet Media later acquired the New Civil Rights Movement. Don Hazen was hired by San Francisco's Institute for Alternative Journalism
AlterNet
US Democratic Party political coalition
Political Action (COPE) was the main electioneering unit of the labor movement. It ignored the White backlash against civil rights, which had become a
New_Deal_coalition
Businessman and public official (born 1971)
the President and as the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk left the Trump administration in May 2025 and returned to
Elon_Musk
Conspiracy theory
administration sidebar is being considered for merging. › The election denial movement in the United States is a widespread false belief that elections in the
Election denial movement in the United States
Election_denial_movement_in_the_United_States
Practice of reducing material used to make a product
In manufacturing and construction, material efficiency refers to the practice of decreasing the amount of a particular material needed to produce a specific
Material_efficiency
American political party
today. One primary contributing stream to the Farmer–Labor movement was the Labor Party movement. An International Association of Machinists strike in Bridgeport
Farmer–Labor_Party
Business process to aid consistent product fitness
engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the intellectual leaders of the Efficiency Movement and part of his approach laid a further
Quality_management
organization of the shop. Scientific management was the seedbed of the Efficiency Movement in the United States. His consideration of motivation was primarily
History of contingency theories of leadership
History_of_contingency_theories_of_leadership
The European Movement for Efficient Energy (EME²) is a stakeholder platform that seek to promote efficiency in the energy sector as a means to achieve
European Movement for Efficient Energy
European_Movement_for_Efficient_Energy
Topic relating to sustainability science
incorporates eco-efficiency as part of a broader strategy, and the "cradle-to-cradle" movement, which claims to go beyond eco-efficiency in abolishing the
Eco-efficiency
American TV, radio, and internet news program
on the U.S. War on Iraq, the Bush-Kerry Race and the Neo-Conservative Movement Archived November 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Christopher Hitchens
Democracy_Now!
American politician (1862–1920)
role in the development of New York Life. A strong believer in the Efficiency Movement, he sought out instances of waste and believed that any practice
George_Walbridge_Perkins
Woodrow Wilson's campaign platform in the 1912 US presidential election
themselves are intimate parts of the very business of justice and legal efficiency. One of the most hopeful signs of the times is the fact that we are beginning
The_New_Freedom
American politician (1861–1944)
period between elections and the start of new terms, enhancing government efficiency and creating accountability for elected officials who had been voted out
George_W._Norris
Progressive magazine published in the United States
articulate the biblical call to social justice, inspiring hope and building a movement to transform individuals, communities, the church, and the world." The
Sojourners
American politician (1916–2005)
ISBN 0299180409 Gaylord Nelson and Earth Day: The Making of the Modern Environmental Movement – a narrative account of the origins of Earth Day, Gaylord Nelson's political
Gaylord_Nelson
EFFICIENCY MOVEMENT
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Indian, Sanskrit
Skillful; Efficient
Girl/Female
Tamil
Durga, Agile, Efficient, Swift
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Intelligent; Efficient
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Efficiency, Care
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Arabic
Sufficiency; Competence
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian
Efficient
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Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Capable; Skilful; Efficient
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Tamil
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Efficient, Capable
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Boy/Male
Hindu
An efficient horse rider
Girl/Female
Arabic
Efficient
Girl/Female
Tamil
Cleverness, Honesty, Brilliance, Efficient
Boy/Male
Tamil
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Skilfull and efficient Lord
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Girl/Female
Indian
Efficiency, Care
Girl/Female
Indian
Cleverness, Honesty, Brilliance, Efficient
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
An Efficient Architect
Boy/Male
Hindu
Efficient, Capable
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Sufficiency
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Agile; Efficient
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Sufficiency; Competence; Enough
Boy/Male
Muslim
Sufficiency. Competence.
EFFICIENCY MOVEMENT
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Girl/Female
Tamil
Noise, Sound
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Daughter of Heaven; Sister of Night; Dawn
Boy/Male
Sikh
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
Doer; Work Man; Worker; Effective
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Devotional Song
Boy/Male
Australian, Chinese, Welsh
Carpenter
Boy/Male
Muslim
Gazelle
Male
Egyptian
, a son of Rameses II.
Girl/Female
Arabic, French, Muslim
Attached; Devoted; Friendly
Boy/Male
Tamil
Meaningful, Meaning
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v. t.
Power of action; agency; efficiency.
n.
Deficiency; imperfection.
n.
Joint efficiency; cooperation.
n.
Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment.
n.
The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency.
n.
Self-sufficiency.
v. i.
Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
n.
Alt. of Efficiency
a.
Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
n.
Same as Deficiency.
n.
Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
n.
The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
n.
That which is wanting; deficiency.
n.
Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.
n.
The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.
a.
Strong; powerful; efficient.
pl.
of Deficiency
n.
An efficient cause; a prime mover.
n.
Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
n.
The ratio of useful work to energy expended.