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The way Frederick Winslow Taylor described the system of “soldiering” or loafing certainly makes it seem like the workers were extremely lazy. As someone who can appreciate hard work, I automatically had an adverse reaction to that, thinking that owners weren’t asking for too much when they expected their workers to actually do their jobs and be paid accordingly. But then I questioned Taylor’s description of soldiering. Were the workers really that lazy? Was he exaggerating to so his own system of scientific management, which essentially turned humans into automatons, would be accepted? Taylor’s comments on the laborers reminds me of Henry Ford’s comment during the Great Depression about most men being uninterested in a hard day’s work. Harsh. --Taylor Brann | The way Frederick Winslow Taylor described the system of “soldiering” or loafing certainly makes it seem like the workers were extremely lazy. As someone who can appreciate hard work, I automatically had an adverse reaction to that, thinking that owners weren’t asking for too much when they expected their workers to actually do their jobs and be paid accordingly. But then I questioned Taylor’s description of soldiering. Were the workers really that lazy? Was he exaggerating to so his own system of scientific management, which essentially turned humans into automatons, would be accepted? Taylor’s comments on the laborers reminds me of Henry Ford’s comment during the Great Depression about most men being uninterested in a hard day’s work. Harsh. --Taylor Brann | ||
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| + | Transitioning these ideas into the context of the modern world, I found it surprising that this issue of worker productivity has not come into the forefront of national politics in the wake of fierce global competition. In the preface to this article, the published mentioned that Taylor's ideas led to a government ban on the monitoring of time utilization. I'm curious if government policy regarding this has changed since that era. - Adam Shlossman | ||
== Frederick's The New Housekeeping == | == Frederick's The New Housekeeping == | ||
