Scientific Management
MN1001 ASSIGNMNET
QUESTIONS: Scientific Management was the product of 19th Century industrial practices and has no relevance to the present day. Discuss.
In the 19th century workers usually worked at a slow pace so scientific management was introduce by Frederick W. Taylor and this management can also be called Taylorism. The main purpose why scientific management was introduced was for organisations in the 19th century to improve their labour productivity. Frederick W. Taylor was the main person behind the scientific management and this management can be defining as method to improve efficiency. Other people who contributed to and developed scientific management were Frank Gilberth, Henry Gantt and Lillian Gilbert.
Scientific management had principles and these were: * Workers to be trained * Workers should be scientifically selected to do specific job * Cooperation between workers and managers * Management should take responsibilities for planning work for their workers
Frederick W. Taylor’s scientific management had an influence on how businesses operated and also had influence on management practice in the 19th century; it also contributed to the study of management and organisation in area, including human relations, human resources management.
In the scientific management, Taylor 's theory consisted with the time and motion study and this involved him employing someone to work so he can study him to know how motion was used most of the time and the time it took to finish the job. After this study it came to conclusion that workers will find it more efficient when they are broken down to parts and also this showed that many of the workers were not well educated and unfit to make decisions and there’s a quotation said by Taylor which defines this “One of the very first requirements for a man who is fit to handle pig iron as a regular occupation is that he shall be so stupid and so phlegmatic that he more nearly resembles […] the ox…
QUESTIONS: Scientific Management was the product of 19th Century industrial practices and has no relevance to the present day. Discuss.
In the 19th century workers usually worked at a slow pace so scientific management was introduce by Frederick W. Taylor and this management can also be called Taylorism. The main purpose why scientific management was introduced was for organisations in the 19th century to improve their labour productivity. Frederick W. Taylor was the main person behind the scientific management and this management can be defining as method to improve efficiency. Other people who contributed to and developed scientific management were Frank Gilberth, Henry Gantt and Lillian Gilbert.
Scientific management had principles and these were: * Workers to be trained * Workers should be scientifically selected to do specific job * Cooperation between workers and managers * Management should take responsibilities for planning work for their workers
Frederick W. Taylor’s scientific management had an influence on how businesses operated and also had influence on management practice in the 19th century; it also contributed to the study of management and organisation in area, including human relations, human resources management.
In the scientific management, Taylor 's theory consisted with the time and motion study and this involved him employing someone to work so he can study him to know how motion was used most of the time and the time it took to finish the job. After this study it came to conclusion that workers will find it more efficient when they are broken down to parts and also this showed that many of the workers were not well educated and unfit to make decisions and there’s a quotation said by Taylor which defines this “One of the very first requirements for a man who is fit to handle pig iron as a regular occupation is that he shall be so stupid and so phlegmatic that he more nearly resembles […] the ox…
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