23 Mart 2008 Pazar

FREDERICK W. TAYLOR(March 20, 1856-- March 21, 1915) & SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT


Frederick Winslow Taylor was an mechanical engineer ,who studied on improving industrial efficiency. He was the father of scientific management. He had very definite ideas about improving the system. Also, according the Taylor workers were supposed to be incapable of understanding what they were doing. He was the creator of the system ,which is called Taylorism. Taylorism is a theory ,which analyzes and synthesizes processes, improving labor productivity in work. It is developed in 1880s and 1890. Taylorism is often mentioned along with Fordism. Taylorism compass scientific management.

Taylor proposed the four following principles of scientific management.

Replace the rule of thumb work methods with methods based on a scientific study of tasks


Scientifically, select train and develop each worker rather than passively leaving them to train themselves


Cooperate with workers to ensure that the scientifically developed methods are being followed


Divide work nearly equally between managers and workers, so that the managers apply scientific management principles to planning the work and the workers actually perform the tasks



Relationship with Henry Ford

Frederick Taylor had a close relationship with Henry Ford. Henry Ford generally applied the methods of Frederick Winslow Taylor. He applied the assembly line method of Taylor in modern ways. Before Henry Ford, Taylor’s assembly line system was not accepted by everybody

Development of Scientific Management

With the advancement of statistical methods, the approach was improved and referred to as quality control in 1920s and 1930s.Scientific management also evolved into operation research and management cybernetics during 1940s and 1950s. Since 1980s, total quality management has been a part of work life as an arm of scientific management. Today's Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing could be seen as new names for scientific management


Some Quotations From Frederick Taylor


It's easier to make a reporter into an economist than an economist into a reporter.


In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first... The first object of any good system must be that of developing first class men.


References

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