There was a time before the clock was king, before efficiency came to govern almost every waking moment. Now, the gods of speed and efficiency continue to place greater pressure on today's society. Part of the blame for this trend belongs with Frederick Winslow Taylor. This turn-of-the-century American took his stopwatch and his scientific management theories into the workplace and began a revolution that reaches into almost every area of modern life. Stopwatch: Frederick Winslow Taylor and the "Taylorization" of America, is an hour-long portrait of the controversial and contradictory founder of the efficiency movement and an exploration into the continuing impact of his ideas.