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