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== 1939 textbook on scientific management == | == 1939 textbook on scientific management == | ||
| − | In this reading we can really see the effect that Taylorism had on the efficiency of the workplace. It goes into detail about increase in production in the shortened amount of time by describing what exact changes were made to make this possible. Simply changing distances, training operators, and using a cordless iron made production increase by sixty six percent. Though these numbers make Taylorism seem like a logical way to manage industry, they do not look at the workers themselves and how they were seeming to become mechanized themselves. The human was now becoming apart of the American system of interchangeable parts, as they were doing their specific job and could easily be replaced by another worker with little time of training. It also did not express the workers time stress and hours they worked. Taylorism did indeed have an impact on the efficiency in production but it also came with a bit of mistreatment toward laborers. --Claire Brooks | + | In this reading we can really see the effect that Taylorism had on the efficiency of the workplace. It goes into detail about increase in production in the shortened amount of time by describing what exact changes were made to make this possible. Simply changing distances, training operators, and using a cordless iron made production increase by sixty six percent. Though these numbers make Taylorism seem like a logical way to manage industry, they do not look at the workers themselves and how they were seeming to become mechanized themselves. The human was now becoming apart of the American system of interchangeable parts, as they were doing their specific job and could easily be replaced by another worker with little time of training. It also did not express the workers time stress and hours they worked. '''Taylorism did indeed have an impact on the efficiency in production but it also came with a bit of mistreatment toward laborers.''' --Claire Brooks |
== Satires about efficiency system – Henry Mitchell, Penobscot Indian, 1938 & 1930's tale of “Highpockets” in Chicago == | == Satires about efficiency system – Henry Mitchell, Penobscot Indian, 1938 & 1930's tale of “Highpockets” in Chicago == | ||
