SY103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Frederick Winslow Taylor, Midvale Steel, Scientific Management
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Machine shop labourer chief engineer (midvale steel works, philadelphia. Workers had no incentives to work hard, were lazy, and they held the (cid:1688)(cid:1684)trade secrets(cid:1689). Workers were systematically (cid:1688)soldiering(cid:1689) (i. e. looking for ways to not work hard). Workers to earn money for less work. Intellectual labour : managers conceptualize & organize work. Physical labour: workers should simply use their bodies to execute tasks. System in place when taylor made his theory: Workplaces didn"t have a strict hierarchy like we do today. Workers came in and knew their trade, and what they were supposed to do. Less of a division of labour (more knowledge about the work) Managers have very little knowledge of their workers jobs. E. g. (cid:1688)schmidt(cid:1689) the pig iron handler ((cid:1688)mentally sluggish type(cid:1689)) Original average pig iron handler output: lift 12 long tons per day (. 15/day). New quota: 47 and 48 long tons per day = 3. 75 x more work.
