Scientific Management
(Contribution of F.W.
Taylor)
Frederick Winslow Taylor was first person who gave
Scientific Management in 1911. He also called the father of scientific
management. Scientific Management was concerned to
improving the operational efficiency at the shop-floor level.
According to Taylor, “scientific
management means knowing exactly what you want men to do and seeing that they
do it in the best and cheapest way.”
Scientific
management is based on the analysis, planning and control functions. And job
accomplished by analyzing, and works can selected and trained scientifically.
In this, management role is to determine the kind of work for which an employee
suited and hire and assign workers accordingly. Management is not responsible for
execution of work but they are responsible for how the work is done. Co-operation
between management and workers can enhance the work and achieve the maximum
output.
Taylor
called it as “Mental Revolution”,
because it creates the mutual understanding, trust and confidence between the management
and workers for achieving goal (higher production).
Principles of
scientific Management
Under
scientific management, Taylor developed the following parameters for
organization.
Ø Scientific
work study
Ø Task
planning
Ø Tools
and materials
Ø Selection
and Training
Ø Standardization
Ø Worker
management interrelationships
Ø Differential
piece wage system
Objective of
Scientific Management
Ø Scientific
utilization of various resources like human power, material etc.
Ø To
provide trained and efficient work force.
Ø To
provide standardize methods of work.
Ø To
provide a scientific base for selecting material, and equipment.
Ø To
provide extra wages to the worker for higher production.
Ø Replace
old rule of thumbs to new scientific methods.
Ø To
develop a good rapport between management and workers.
Ø To
achieve higher production, with reduce costs and maximum efficiency.
Ø Less
wastage.
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