NATS 1775 Study Guide - Final Guide: James J. Couzens, William S. Knudsen, Machine Tool

137 views5 pages

Document Summary

Multiple choice questions 60 questions (each worth . 5 marks = 30 marks total) Most of the multiple choice questions will be based on the lectures and notes, but a few will be directly from your course readings. Kranzberg, hong, merchant, and rosenberg and misa (chapters 1 through 5) Short answer questions 3 questions (each worth 10 marks = 30 marks total) Answer 3 of 5 questions based on following 4 topics: course theories and themes (2 questions): Hybrid humans: interested in both science and technology: scientific management: substitution of science for individual judgment scientific selection of workmen. Work should be governed by scientific laws. Believed traditional working knowledge gave laborers unfair advantage over management. Workers would be paid according to incentive wage system that rewarded them only if they men production standard that was determined scientifically. Also, scientific management was initially opposed by both workers and management. Until wwi, lots of worker strikes; protests by american federation of labor.