ECON 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Scientific Management, Stelco, Piece Work

• School: York University
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECON 1000
• Professor: Andrea Podhorsky

Document Summary

Lecture 8: frederick taylor and scientific management: frederick taylor and scientific management. Fredrick taylor first published his book principles of scientific. 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. Wanted to design management system that would reorganize the conditions of work in factory. Aware of inefficiencies that hamper factory production worked as manager, foreman and engineer at midvelle stelco plant. Convinced low production fault of both managers and workers: foreman would abuse power and take advantage of position to bribe friends, protect friends. Workers engage in soldiering: work slowly to keep piece rates high and protect jobs. Management also did not have technical knowledge to keep track of labor production: aspects of scientific management.