1. Scientific management
• Principles
• Techniques
• Objectives

2. Fundamentals

3. Principles
• Soldering and faulty wage system
• Some workers are more talented than
others
• Forced workers perform slowest repetitive
task
• Workers fear that if they give more output
others will loose job
• Soldering-deliberately work at slow rate

4. Techniques
• Rest breaks- include rest break
• Workers recover from mental or physical
fatigue

5. Techniques
• Time and motion study
• Observing motion of worker while at work
• Identification of necessary and
unnecessary movements
• With stop watch count time of
unnecessary movements
• Eliminate unnecessary movement
• Develop movements necessary and
standard

6. Differential payment /piece rate
incentive
• Fix standard level of production
• Workers producing less than standard
receive less payment
• Workers producing more receive higher
payment
• Motivates workers to perform

7. Objective
• Maximum prosperity
• Of organization and workers
• Development of every branch of business
to its highest
• Other than higher wages highest grade of
work with natural ability to fit him
• Giving him higher class of work

8. Criticism
• Taylor is concerned only with output/productivity
• Taylor overlooked other aspects of management
like finance,accounting, marketing
• Union leader felt it as exploitation of workers
• Human element is absent in theory
• Moral of worker goes down if worker does not
complete target

9. Effectiveness
• Scientific management theory needs co-operation of
worker and management at various stages
• The worker should understand the point view of
management in increasing the production and
profitability
• Taylor advocates group harmony by eliminating
dissatisfaction among workers
• The movement of material within company should be
scientifically done
• Taylor emphasised the scientific selection of people and
need for appropriate training

10. Effectiveness
• Implementation of best way to do job
• Concept of functional foremanship
• Division of functional authority