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Essay / Taylorism and the Scientific Theory of Management - 1901
Introduction Although Taylorism is a system designed to maximize managerial control over workers, it is now neglected due to newer management systems that focus on empowerment and promoting employee initiative. Administrative management theory was also created to ensure efficiency and effectiveness, but rather it did not promote or enhance employee initiative. Although it did not, it has not passed its expiration date, because the bureaucratic system is still relevant in today's society. A newer management system, behavioral theory, focuses on empowering and encouraging employee initiative, which contrasts with Taylorism although it is not necessarily more popular. Scientific Management TheoryMany theorists and experts had their own views or definitions of scientific management, George Ritzer defines scientific management as a method that "produces non-human technology that exerts great control over workers" Ritzer.G , The McDonaldization of Society p. 34 (2004). Although all of these definitions are correct in their own way, the founder of the scientific management style, Frederick Taylor, believed that "the main object of management should be to secure maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with maximum prosperity of the employee”. 'FW Taylor, The Principles of Management p. 9 (1911). Taylor wanted to replace the “rules of thumb” method of working by studying the relationships between people and tasks with the goal of redesigning the work process for greater efficiency. FW Taylor, The Principles of Scientific Management p. 36-37 (1911) states that there are four main principles of scientific management to increase work efficiency. First,......in the middle of the article......the theory is contingency theory. Contingency theory means that there is no best way to organize. Burns and Stalker in Britain and Lawrence and Lorsch in the United States both developed this theory and assert that the organizational structures and control systems chosen by managers all depend on characteristics of the internal and external environment. in their own way. Some believe that it is the initiative of employees to increase efficiency and others believe that it is more relevant to focus on management control. Overall, it depends on the culture of an organization, which means that a contingency theory is necessary to determine which style is best suited for the targeted organization. Therefore, Taylorism is certainly not past its use-by date and will survive under different circumstances..