NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Harry Braverman, Scientific Management, Stelco
26 Apr 2015
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Lecture 8: frederick taylor and scientific management: frederick taylor and scientific management. 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. Workers engage in soldiering: work slowly to keep piece rates high and. Management should acquire more knowledge through time studies so that. Brain work removed from shop floor and placed within planning department information produced in planning department then presented to worker in written order foreman would then be replaced by series of man. Copyright vera pavri 2011 also, scientific management was initially opposed by both workers and management until wwi, lots of worker strikes; protests by american federation of labor.
