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History of Management and Assembly Line Insights

This document discusses different topics related to management styles and workplace productivity including: 1) The definition of an assembly line as a manufacturing process where each worker performs a specific repeated task until the product is completed. 2) Why long office hours and "face time" requirements can reduce employee burnout, creativity, and productivity. Flexible work arrangements that "cut the cord" from the office may be more effective. 3) The struggle between efficiency focused on exact statistical analysis and creativity in the workplace. Encouraging some risk-taking may help reinvigorate a business.

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History of Management and Assembly Line Insights

This document discusses different topics related to management styles and workplace productivity including: 1) The definition of an assembly line as a manufacturing process where each worker performs a specific repeated task until the product is completed. 2) Why long office hours and "face time" requirements can reduce employee burnout, creativity, and productivity. Flexible work arrangements that "cut the cord" from the office may be more effective. 3) The struggle between efficiency focused on exact statistical analysis and creativity in the workplace. Encouraging some risk-taking may help reinvigorate a business.

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GROUP NO:4

• ASAD ALI
• ABDUL WAHAB
• AHMED HASSAN KHAN
THE NEW ASSEMBLY LINE

• WHY DO SO MANY MANAGERS STILL INSIST ON LONG OFFICE HOURS?


ASSEMBLY LINE
• A MANUFACTURING TOOL, FIRST MADE POPULAR BY HENRY FORD IN HIS
MANUFACTURING OF AUTOMOBILES. THE PRINCIPLE OF AN ASSEMBLY
LINE IS THAT EACH WORKER IS ASSIGNED ONE VERY SPECIFIC TASK,
WHICH HE OR SHE SIMPLY REPEATS, AND THEN THE PROCESS MOVES TO
THE NEXT WORKER WHO DOES HIS OR HER TASK, UNTIL THE TASK IS
COMPLETED.
FACE TIME: THE NEW ASSEMBLY LINE

• CHAINED TO A DESK
• A WOMAN’S PLACE
• ABSURDITY PREVAILS
• EXTREME FACE TIME
• CUT THE CORD
Q: What are the three reasons why” Working ungodly
hours” can work against you?
Ans: Working long hours, five days a week can lead to
burnout, lack of creativity, and lack of productivity.
Therefore, giving up these three crucial ingredients for “face
time” can be nonproductive toward generating productive
output from key employees.
A STRUGGLE BETWEEN
EFFICIENCY AND CREATIVITY

• PROUD CREATIVE CULTURE


• REINVIGORATED FORCE
Q. Explain how the management styles of james Mcinerney
and George Buckley compare to scientific management and
human relations management.
Q. Why would the use of “exact statistical analysis”
reduce creativity?
Q. Why would an organization “ deliberately encourage
risk?
Q. Do you think Buckly’s plan will work? Why or why not?

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