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Tay

lor
'sTheor
y
Duri
ng t
hel ate1800s,mechani calengi
neerFreder ickTay lorappl i
ed scienti
fic
techniques to managementi n ordertoi mprovei ndust r
ialef fi
ciency.Anal yzi
ng
processes,eli
minatingwasteandt ransf
err
ingknowledget r
ansfor medt hewor kplace.
Wor kerswerer equiredt
opr oducemor eoutputathi gherspeeds.Ski ll
edlaborwas
replacedbyunski l
ledwor ker
st hatcouldbeeasilytr ainedt or epl
aceski l
ledl abor.
Scientif
icmanagementstudiesresul
tedinmanagementt heoriesthathav eevolv
edov er
thel astcent
ury.Byexami ni
ngt heposit
iveandnegativ eeffectsoft hismanagement
strategy,y
oucanchooseappr oachesthatmakesensef ory ourbusiness.

Posi
ti
veef
fect

 Appl
yi
ngsci
entif
icmanagementmethodsinmanufact
uri
ngor
igi
nal
lyresul
tedi
n
adramat
icreducti
oninthecostofproduct
s.Thi
senabledmorepeopletobe
abl
etoaf
for
dbuy i
ngthem.

 Wagesr
oseandunski
l
ledwor
ker
smov
edi
ntohi
gherpay
ingmachi
neoper
ator
j
obs.

 Sci
enti
fi
cmanagementst
udiesenabl
eanor gani
zat
iont
omakebett
erdecisi
ons
abouthow t
oimprov
eoperati
onssot hatacompanycanachi
eveit
sstrategi
c
goal
s.

 I
ndustr
ialuni
onsestabl
ished wagerequi
rementsand j
ob secur
it
ypr ov
isi
ons
basedontheclear
lydef
inedjobtaskdescri
pti
onst
hatemergedfrom sci
enti
fi
c
managementstudi
esint
hewor kpl
ace.

Negat
iveef
fect

 Sci
enti
fi
cmanagementst
udi
esnegl
ect
edt
oacknowl
edget
hei
mpor
tanceoft
he
worker
s.

 Subsequentr
esear
chonimprovi
ngworkpl
aceproduct
ivi
tyt
ookint
oaccountt
he
i
mpor t
anceoftheempl
oyees,
thei
rknowl
edgeandthei
rneeds.

 Impl
ement
ationofscienti
fi
cmanagementstudi
esproduced,i
nsomecases,
i
nhumanworkingcondi
ti
onscausedbymasspr
oduct
ionl
ines.

 Poort r
eatmentofworker
sl edt
ot heri
seofunionsandincreasedstr
ikesand
unrest.Al
thoughsci
enti
fi
cmanagementor i
ginal
lydev
aluedwor ker
sandt hei
r
contri
buti
ons,overt
ime,theseorgani
zedl
aborunionsactuall
yusedsomeof
Tay
lor
’sconcept
stopr
otectj
obsandcont
rol
member
s.

Appl
i
cat
ion

Fredri
ckTay l
or’
sst udiesinf
luencemanymanagementpr acti
cesinplacet
oday.By
recognizi
ngt hatal
lbusinesssy stemsar einterrel
atedandrequi
recontrol
s,abusi
ness
cani mproveoper at
ions.For malpl anni
ngpr ocessesandmi ddl
emanagementr ol
es
persi
sti nt oday’
s organizati
ons.Thi s ef
fici
encymov ementcontinues toi
nfl
uence
conti
nuouspr ocessimpr ovementt hatr
esultsinani ncr
easei
noutputbyeachworker.

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