The Eight Bosses System (Taylor)
Taylor also described the '8 Bosses System'.
He suggested dividing the labor of the production department into eight main compartments, led by eight different supervisors:
1. Time and costs
2. Work...
Scientific Management is Interesting
In Taylor's theory he compared human to machines. For him, human real motivation is salary so employers must abuse them. I'm not really sharing his opinion but in a certain way it is interesting to us...
McJobs. Definition, History, Pros and Cons
What does the word "McJobs" mean? How did it start, what are the arguments for and against it and why is it a management debate?...
First Definition of Management?
F.W. Taylor wrote: "Management is the art of knowing what you want to do and then seeing that they do it in the best and the cheapest manner."
Was this the first definition of "management" ever?...
The contribution of Taylor to the theory of Management
Everything (including many management models / theories) is the outcome of the conditions and overall circumstances at the time and place were it was written. Also to interpret the theory of Taylor we...
Comparison of Man to Machine
Taylor`s theory works better with machines because human beings do not follow a set pattern of behaviour. They can change at any time without reference to rules and instructions....
Before Implementing Scientific Management
Can you say night & day? Scientific management is what business managers try to use (flavor of the month) on an ongoing basis to improve those scientifically set up / controlled tasks that make the or...
Scientific Management, Taylor, Gannt, Gilbreth, Gulick, Weber, Fayol Presentation about Scientific Management that includes a description of the main theorists their contributions to the th...
Developing a broader perspective towards Scientific Management, Grasping the spirit of the time Extensive presentation on Taylor's ideas, including:
1. Personal background of Frederick Winslow Taylor
2. Book publis...