SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
 TOPIC : MANAGEMENT THEORY BY F.W.TAYLOR
 PRESENTED BY: D SHREE VENKATESH
 CONTENTS:
1-TAYLOR’S CONTRIBUTION TO MANAGEMENT
2-WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT ?
3-MANAGEMENT THEORY BY TAYLOR.
4- MANAGEMNET VIEW.
5-PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT.
6-CRITICISM FOR TAYLOR’S MANAGEMENT.
7-HOW DO TODAY’S MANAGERS USE SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT??
Taylor’s contribution to
management
 Frederick Winslow Taylor (20 March 1856-21 March 1915),
widely known as F. W. Taylor, was an American mechanical
engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency.
 He is regarded as the father of scientific management, and was one
of the first management consultants.
 He is sometimes called as “Father of Scientific
Management”.
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT
 It is the art of knowing what exactly you want from your
men to do & then seeing that it is done in best possible
manner.
 In simple words it is just an application of science to
management.
MANAGEMENT THEORY BY
TAYLOR
 Analyzing the work – One best way to do it.
 He is remembered for developing time and motion study.
 He would break a job into parts and measure each of 100th of
a minute.
 The efforts of his disciples (most notably H.L.Gantt) made
the industry to implement these ideas.
Taylor’s view about
management.
 Taylor believed that the industrial management of his day was
amateurish, that management could be formulated as an
academic discipline.
 Best results would come from the partnership between
trained and qualified management and a cooperative and
innovative workforce.
 Each side needed the other and there is no need for trade
unions.
Principles of scientific management
 Science not the rule of thumb: scientific investigation should be
used for taking managerial decisions instead of basing on opinion,
institution or thumb rule.
 Harmony not discard/ cooperation between employers and
employees: Harmonious relationship between employees and
employers. Cooperation of employees that managers can ensure
that work is carried in accordance with standards.
Cntd…
 Scientific selection training and development: selection means to
choose the best employee according to the need.Their skill and
experience must match the requirement of the job.
 Scientific development refers to criteria for promotions, transfers
etc.. So that work is done with full efficiency.
Cntd…
 Division of work/ responsibility: The responsibility of workers
and management should be properly divided & communicated so
that they can perform them in an effective way and should be
reward for the same.
 Mental revolution: Acc. To Taylor, the workers and managers
should have a complete new outlook; a mental revolution in
respect to their mutual relations.
 Workers should be considered as a part of Organization.
 Employers shouldn’t treat workers as mere wage earners.
His principles of management
 The four principles of management.
1. The development of a true science.
2. The scientific selection of the workman.
3. The scientific education and development of the workman.
4. Intimate and friendly cooperation between the
management and the men.
 Taylor created planning departments, staffed them with
engineers, and gave them the responsibility to:
1. Develop scientific methods for doing work.
2. Establish goals for productivity.
3. Establish systems of rewards for meeting the goals.
4. Train the personnel in how to use the methods and thereby
meet the goals.
Words from Taylor
Criticism for scientific management
 The main argument against Taylor is this reductionist approach to
work dehumanizes the worker.
 The allocation of work "specifying not only what is to be done but
how it is to done and the exact time allowed for doing it" is seen
as leaving no scope for the individual worker to excel or think.
 1. The belief that increased output would lead to less workers.
2. Inefficiencies within the management control system such as
poorly designed incentive schemes and hourly pay rates not linked
to productivity.
3. Poor design of the performance of the work by rule-of-thumb.
How do today’s managers use Scientific
Management
 1. It was important because it could raise countries’ standard of living
by making workers more productive and efficient.
 2. Also it’s important to remember that many of the tools and
techniques developed by the scientific management practitioners are
still used in organizations today.
PRESENTED BY
SHREE VENKATESH
sreevenkatesh@hotmail.com