GMS 200 Chapter 2: GMS200 Chapter 2 - Management Learning.docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Shavin Malhotra

Document Summary

Substitution of machine power for human power. Steam engine: can move products from one city to another. The factory system : huge factories being set up to mass produce. Taylor (1856-1915: one best way was his quote, for performing, doing something, etc, his idea was that there is one most efficient way for working on a projects. Soldiering: almost universally held belief among workers that if they became more productive, fewer of them would be needed and jobs would be eliminated. Taylor brought in the incentive wage system to encourage productivity. Workers wasted a lot of their effort by relying on rule-of-thumb methods rather than on optimal work methods that can be determined by a scientific study of the task. Taylor created these 4 principals: replace rule of thumb work methods with methods based on a scientific study of the task, scientifically select and then train, teach, and develop the workman.