NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Scientific Management, Stelco, Stopwatch
23 Jan 2019
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Fredrick taylor first published his book principles of scientific management in 1911. Book synthesizes work he began in 1860s. Taylor believed that scientific laws which govern natural world should be applied to workplace claimed that workers would be more productive if the same scientific axioms used for machines were applied to activities of labor. Was there anything actually scientific about taylor"s ideas not really. Management also did not have technical knowledge to keep track of labor production. Workers engage in soldiering: work slowly to keep piece rates high and protect jobs. Key aspects of scientific management: substitution of science for individual judgment, scientific selection of workmen, greater cooperation between management and workers, work should be governed by scientific laws. Scientific management based on four major principles and taylor believed that implementing each principle would create a more efficient workplace. For instance, consider the idea of substituting science for individual judgment and work being governed by scientific laws.
