What is Scientific management?
'''Scientific management''' is a field of study which was started by [[Frederick Winslow Taylor]] (1856-1915). In his honor, the domain is sometimes called '''Taylorism'''. Taylor believed he could improve work in a company and its [[management]] through scientific procedures. This would solve the social problems in the company and guarantee wealth for all people. Very important components are: *Making a difference between planning work and its execution *Studying how long a process step takes to get estimates for the time it should take *Wages based on productivity *Prescribing the daily workload It was mainly used for [[manufacturing]] processes, where workers operated machines to get a [[Product (business)|product]]. Today, the main problems seen with this approach is that the workers were treated like machines and not like human beings. It is the [[division of labour]] pushed to its extreme. ==Related pages== *[[Fordism]] {{stub}} {{Management}} [[Category:Management]] [[Category:Manufacturing]]