4.“We are still living in the age of Taylorism”. Discuss.

• Many current business practices adapted from Taylor’s principle. For example,

Business engineering, core process engineering→activity value analysis, time

compression management and so on
Lean production→Standardized work procedures
Benchmarking→Standardized procedures, dependable and best available practice.

• Sports- motion and time study of players and athletes

• Direct control as the ideology of modern management
• Foundation of all manufacturing processes. (Job fragmentation, simple and
repetitive tasks)
• Applied in service sector as well. (E.g. Call center)
• Sweatshops (Nike)