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== Taylor’s Principles of Scientific Management, 1911 == | == Taylor’s Principles of Scientific Management, 1911 == | ||
| − | Frederick Taylor’s article on Scientific Management reminded me of the article we read for last week that focused on men as being part of the machine. It seems to be a common trend in this era that those that run the factory think of men as merely part of the machine, but there is a pushback from workers with unions, strikes, resistance, etc. Scientific Management controls every movement of the worker, as if it was controlling a machine that can be fixed and adjusted. --Sara Krechel | + | Frederick Taylor’s article on Scientific Management reminded me of the article we read for last week that focused on men as being part of the machine. '''It seems to be a common trend in this era that those that run the factory think of men as merely part of the machine, but there is a pushback from workers with unions, strikes, resistance, etc. Scientific Management controls every movement of the worker, as if it was controlling a machine that can be fixed and adjusted.''' --Sara Krechel |
| − | There has always been tension between management and employees. The management wants to be in control of the workers because they are invested and want to increase production. The workers are only there because they need a means to support themselves. It seems to me that if the management and the workers were to compromise that everyone would benefit. The workers would be more willing to produce more and work more effectively if the working conditions and pay were better, and the management would have to spend slightly more to pay the workers, but they would save time by preventing strikes. But I guess it is all easier said than done. | + | '''There has always been tension between management and employees. The management wants to be in control of the workers because they are invested and want to increase production. The workers are only there because they need a means to support themselves.''' It seems to me that if the management and the workers were to compromise that everyone would benefit. The workers would be more willing to produce more and work more effectively if the working conditions and pay were better, and the management would have to spend slightly more to pay the workers, but they would save time by preventing strikes. But I guess it is all easier said than done. |
To add to Sara's comment men were the machine. Machines back in the early 1900s were not nearly as effective as the machines we have today. There was still a huge amount of work that had to be done by man that could not be done by machine. I could see that the argument would be that the machine would lessen the amount the employer has to pay, but at the same time they were not scientifically advanced at that time to make significant changes. In other words, they still needed man-power in the early 1900s. Although today in some ways machine has taken some of the jobs that used to occupy man in today's society. -Jeff R. | To add to Sara's comment men were the machine. Machines back in the early 1900s were not nearly as effective as the machines we have today. There was still a huge amount of work that had to be done by man that could not be done by machine. I could see that the argument would be that the machine would lessen the amount the employer has to pay, but at the same time they were not scientifically advanced at that time to make significant changes. In other words, they still needed man-power in the early 1900s. Although today in some ways machine has taken some of the jobs that used to occupy man in today's society. -Jeff R. | ||
| − | I thought that the article about Scientific Management was interesting because it altered the way we do things even today. I don’t agree that every person needed to do a certain job in the amount of time that they designate to the job. That’s why many people lost their job or were not getting paid for doing a specialty job that now has been streamlined. The only professions that did not go through this were being a doctor or a lawyer. You had to go to school for these professions. When machines were invented it really took a person’s specialty skills and made them feel useless. Now there are more specialty jobs for people who have the training, certificates, or schooling.---Pam Petzold | + | '''I thought that the article about Scientific Management was interesting because it altered the way we do things even today.''' I don’t agree that every person needed to do a certain job in the amount of time that they designate to the job. That’s why many people lost their job or were not getting paid for doing a specialty job that now has been streamlined. '''The only professions that did not go through this were being a doctor or a lawyer.''' You had to go to school for these professions. When machines were invented it really took a person’s specialty skills and made them feel useless. Now there are more specialty jobs for people who have the training, certificates, or schooling.---Pam Petzold |
To this day, I still see Taylorism in the workplace. From my own personal work experience I know that the employees are taught a certain, most efficient way to do things and if that way was altered than a reprimand would be in order. Specifically with machines, this is a way of Taylorism itself. In some professions man-power is seen as useless compared to the precision, efficiency, and cost-friendly aspects of the machine. I believe Taylor set a standard that today is still being followed. --Stephanie Lipscomb | To this day, I still see Taylorism in the workplace. From my own personal work experience I know that the employees are taught a certain, most efficient way to do things and if that way was altered than a reprimand would be in order. Specifically with machines, this is a way of Taylorism itself. In some professions man-power is seen as useless compared to the precision, efficiency, and cost-friendly aspects of the machine. I believe Taylor set a standard that today is still being followed. --Stephanie Lipscomb | ||
