I'm taking a business class about principles of management for the next 7 weeks. I'm already pretty interested in the ideas of Frederick Taylor and his system of "scientific management." However, I see that the use of his system has (perhaps unsurprisingly) resulted in rather inhumane work conditions and other negative outcomes for workers in the past.
The professor seems to have a strong positive bias (almost a cultish devotion, really) toward Taylor and Taylorism, which surprises me a a bit, the more I read about how some of these negativities played out in the late 1800s and especially the early 1900s under implementation of scientific management. But I suppose, upon further consideration, that the ideas themselves don't have to be terrible, they've just been used terribly in times past.
I figured the business section of a skeptic's forum would be a pretty ideal place to try discussing something like this. Is anyone on here familiar with scientific management ideas? Does the outcome have to be bad/inhumane when these ideas are taken to a logical conclusion? And if not, why has the system been considered largely obsolete as a distinct school of thought since the 1930s?
(I'm sorry if this question sounds stupid or is poorly worded - I'm very, very new to this stuff. I previously went to school for psychology with a minor in creative writing LOL. But I can clarify anything that doesn't make sense if need be. :))
The professor seems to have a strong positive bias (almost a cultish devotion, really) toward Taylor and Taylorism, which surprises me a a bit, the more I read about how some of these negativities played out in the late 1800s and especially the early 1900s under implementation of scientific management. But I suppose, upon further consideration, that the ideas themselves don't have to be terrible, they've just been used terribly in times past.
I figured the business section of a skeptic's forum would be a pretty ideal place to try discussing something like this. Is anyone on here familiar with scientific management ideas? Does the outcome have to be bad/inhumane when these ideas are taken to a logical conclusion? And if not, why has the system been considered largely obsolete as a distinct school of thought since the 1930s?
(I'm sorry if this question sounds stupid or is poorly worded - I'm very, very new to this stuff. I previously went to school for psychology with a minor in creative writing LOL. But I can clarify anything that doesn't make sense if need be. :))
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