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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 299990" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>Who was Frederick Taylor?</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Winslow_Taylor" target="_blank">click</a></u></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><u></u></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><u></u><span style="color: Black">What is Taylorism?</span><u></u></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><u></u></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><u><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management" target="_blank">click</a></u></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><u></u></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><u></u><span style="color: Black">Key Quote:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DeepSkyBlue"><span style="color: Black"></span></span><em>"It is only through </em><em>enforced standardization of methods, </em><em>enforced adaption of the best implements and working conditions, and </em><em>enforced</em> <em>cooperation that this faster work can be assured. <strong>And the duty of enforcing the adaption of standards and enforcing this cooperation rests with</strong></em> <strong><em>management alone."</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong>Another Quote:</p><p><em><strong>Workers were supposed to be incapable of understanding what they were doing. According to Taylor this was true even for rather simple tasks.</strong> "'I can say, without the slightest hesitation,' Taylor told a congressional committee, 'that the science of handling pig-iron is so great that the man who is ... physically able to handle pig-iron and is sufficiently phlegmatic and stupid to choose this for his occupation is rarely able to comprehend the science of handling pig-iron."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>Substitute "delivering packages" for "handling pig-iron" and you'll get the idea.......</p><p></p><p><em>The introduction of his system was often resented by workers and provoked numerous strikes. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 299990, member: 4805"] Who was Frederick Taylor? [COLOR=DeepSkyBlue][U][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Winslow_Taylor"]click[/URL] [/U][COLOR=Black]What is Taylorism?[/COLOR][U] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management"]click[/URL] [/U][COLOR=Black]Key Quote: [/COLOR][/COLOR][I]"It is only through [/I][I]enforced standardization of methods, [/I][I]enforced adaption of the best implements and working conditions, and [/I][I]enforced[/I] [I]cooperation that this faster work can be assured. [B]And the duty of enforcing the adaption of standards and enforcing this cooperation rests with[/B][/I] [B][I]management alone." [/I][/B]Another Quote: [I][B]Workers were supposed to be incapable of understanding what they were doing. According to Taylor this was true even for rather simple tasks.[/B] "'I can say, without the slightest hesitation,' Taylor told a congressional committee, 'that the science of handling pig-iron is so great that the man who is ... physically able to handle pig-iron and is sufficiently phlegmatic and stupid to choose this for his occupation is rarely able to comprehend the science of handling pig-iron." [/I]Substitute "delivering packages" for "handling pig-iron" and you'll get the idea....... [I]The introduction of his system was often resented by workers and provoked numerous strikes. :)[/I] [/QUOTE]
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