Scientific Management
'Federic Taylor 's Scientific Management reflects an approach to managing that is no longer appropriate for today’s managers '.
Critically evaluate this statement with particular reference to an example from workspace with which you are familiar. Guidance: Many management textbooks claim that Taylor 's ideas are no longer appropriate, but consider whether an organization can operate without clear rules, hierarchy and division of labor. Many large and successful organizations, such as McDonalds hamburger chain or call centers, appear to use a modern version of scientific management. It would also be a good idea to consider whether these sort of generalizations can be applied in a global manner, or whether they tend to reflect the dominance of the US experience in management theory. If you can 't think of examples from your own workplace, then do some research (using fully referenced library or internet sources) about these issues in different organizations.
Contents
Introduction
An overview of Scientific Management………………………………………………………... 3
The appropriateness of Scientific Management for today’s managers
The benefits and drawbacks of Scientific Management .………………………………………. 5
Can an organization operate without clear rules, hierarchy and division of labor? ...................... 6
The global outlook on the use of Scientific management in today’s organizations……………. 7
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………..... 8
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
Introduction
The scientific management theory had a huge impact on the commercial industry at the beginning of the 20th century. Since the birth of this theory the management became a separate body of knowledge, a science which can be learned, taught and applied in different organizations [1]. This theory inspired the executives, consultants and others to expand and look into different ways of creating the effective productivity-increasing techniques.
The pioneer of the
Critically evaluate this statement with particular reference to an example from workspace with which you are familiar. Guidance: Many management textbooks claim that Taylor 's ideas are no longer appropriate, but consider whether an organization can operate without clear rules, hierarchy and division of labor. Many large and successful organizations, such as McDonalds hamburger chain or call centers, appear to use a modern version of scientific management. It would also be a good idea to consider whether these sort of generalizations can be applied in a global manner, or whether they tend to reflect the dominance of the US experience in management theory. If you can 't think of examples from your own workplace, then do some research (using fully referenced library or internet sources) about these issues in different organizations.
Contents
Introduction
An overview of Scientific Management………………………………………………………... 3
The appropriateness of Scientific Management for today’s managers
The benefits and drawbacks of Scientific Management .………………………………………. 5
Can an organization operate without clear rules, hierarchy and division of labor? ...................... 6
The global outlook on the use of Scientific management in today’s organizations……………. 7
Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………..... 8
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
Introduction
The scientific management theory had a huge impact on the commercial industry at the beginning of the 20th century. Since the birth of this theory the management became a separate body of knowledge, a science which can be learned, taught and applied in different organizations [1]. This theory inspired the executives, consultants and others to expand and look into different ways of creating the effective productivity-increasing techniques.
The pioneer of the
Bibliography: [3] Frederic Taylor. (1911) The Principles of scientific management (page 4) [4] Huczynski, A, Buchanan, D.,(2001) Organizational Behaviour 4th ed, Prentice Hall International Ltd, UK