SOC207H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Frederick Winslow Taylor, Steelcase, Lean Manufacturing
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Soc207 lecture 8 march 7th, 2017. Organising and managing work agenda: the problem of organizing and managing work in the modern era, the solution: (cid:498)(ey, let"s treat workers like human beings for a change(cid:499) Problems with this management approach: no one likes repetitive work. In the late 19th and early 20th century, frederick winslow taylor devised a system of. Taylorism and wider reach: elements of sm of work common in modern workplaces, lean production. )n manufacturing and the lower tier service sector, it"s part of what"s called. Lean production: lean production = breaking every piece of work down and remove what isn"t necessary and keep what is, popular in lower-tier, high performance workplace. These data points range from how often employees interact with their supervisor to how long it takes a worker to get to the office: sociometric solutions puts sensors in name badges to discover social dynamics at work.
