scientific management

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Scientific management is an early 20th-century theory of industrial organization that applies systematic study and measurement of work to increase labor productivity and efficiency.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical management school
industrial engineering approach
management theory
organizational theory
alsoKnownAs Taylorism
appliedIn factory management
industrial production
manufacturing
coreGoal increase efficiency
increase labor productivity
reduce waste in work processes
standardize work methods
corePrinciple close supervision of workers
division of planning and doing
incentive-based pay
scientific study of tasks
selection and training of workers
standardization of tools and procedures
time and motion study
criticizedFor deskilling of labor
excessive managerial control
ignoring social and psychological needs of workers
treating workers as machines
developedBy Frederick Winslow Taylor
documentedIn The Principles of Scientific Management
emergedInPeriod early 20th century
emphasizes managerial control over the labor process
measurement of work
rationalization of work
task specialization
formalizedInYear 1911
historicalContext Second Industrial Revolution
influenced Fordist mass production
industrial engineering
modern management science
operations management
production management
work study practices
influencedBy industrialization
mechanical engineering
keyConcept differential piece-rate system
functional foremanship
one best way to perform a task
keyMethod motion study
task analysis
time study
work simplification
originCountry United States
relatedTo bureaucratic management
classical management theory
human relations movement (as a reaction)

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
scientific management ("Taylorism")
alsoKnownAs
scientific management ("The Principles of Scientific Management")
documentedIn
Second Industrial Revolution
hasKeyTechnology
Fordism ("Taylorism")
influencedBy

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